ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s celebration Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) moved to the Supreme Court docket difficult the result of the February 8 normal elections alleging widespread rigging and claiming that their mandate was stolen on account of this manipulation. Within the preliminary spherical, PTI-backed unbiased candidates received 180 seats within the nationwide meeting, nevertheless, the alleged rigging diminished their seat rely to solely 92, thereby stopping them from returning to energy Whereas talking with media on Friday, PTI chief and lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat mentioned he filed a petition within the apex courtroom towards ballot fraud, including that the appointment of election commissioner chief Sikandar Sultan Raja and different members of the electoral physique has additionally been challenged., in line with The Specific Tribune. This authorized motion follows the Supreme Court docket’s current dismissal of a petition looking for to nullify the elections. A 3-member bench led by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali took up the petition filed by Brig (retd) Ali Khan. The courtroom imposed a fantastic of Rs 0.5 million on the petitioner, a former Military officer, for failing to seem in courtroom after submitting the petition. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the celebration led by one other former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, received 75 seats whereas the Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP) got here third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Motion Pakistan (MQM-P) has 17 seats.Given the Constitutional provision {that a} celebration should win 133 out of 265 contested seats within the 266-member Nationwide Meeting to type a authorities, the PML-N and the PPP have agreed on a power-sharing deal to type a brand new coalition authorities.Shehbaz Sharif from PML-N is anticipated to be the prime minister candidate, whereas PPP’s Asif Ali Zardari is prone to develop into the president. This potential coalition might diminish Imran Khan’s possibilities of returning to energy.(With inputs from businesses)
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