Election Tribunal Dismisses Petition

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Dec, 2018 ) :An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed an election petition against victory of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA Hamid Hameed from NA-90 constituency after declaring it non-maintainable.

The tribunal comprising Justice Shahid Waheed heard the petition filed by runner up Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Nadia Aziz.

The petitioner had submitted that the respondent legislator won election from NA-90 Sargodha through rigging.

She pleaded with court to declare his election null and void and order election commission to hold afresh election in the constituency.

Meanwhile, the tribunal also dismissed two separate election petitions against victory of PTI MPA Ghazanfar Abbas from PP-91 and PTI MPA Ansar Majeed from PP-78 after declaring them non-maintainable. Rival candidates had filed the election petitions.