NA-251 | Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has suspended the December 18 re-poll in 22 polling stations of NA-251 (Sherani-cum-Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah) following directives from the Supreme Court.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday suspended the schedule for re-polling at 22 polling stations of NA-251 (Sherani-cum-Zhob-cum-Qila Saifullah), which was to take place on December 18. A notification to this effect was issued a day after a two-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Shehzad Ahmad Khan, suspended the election tribunal’s order of re-polling at the polling stations. JUI-F’s candidate Syed Samiullah had won the seat in the 2024 general elections with a thin margin of less than 100 votes. After hearing a petition filed by Pashtoonkhwa National Awami Party Chairman Khushhal Khan Kakar, who challenged the 2024 general election results, the election tribunal, headed by Justice Aamir Nawaz Rana, ordered re-polling at 22 polling stations on the grounds that Form-45s from the stations were missing. The tribunal’s decision was challenged before the SC by JUI-F legislator Samiullah. The SC bench issued the stay order against the re-polling, s...