{"id":64617,"date":"2024-02-26T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ecp-to-issue-interim-order-on-mansehra-result-stay-today-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T10:24:07","slug":"ecp-to-issue-interim-order-on-mansehra-result-stay-today-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ecp-to-issue-interim-order-on-mansehra-result-stay-today-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP to issue interim order on Mansehra result stay today | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nISLAMABAD:
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The ECP observed on Monday that it will be issuing an interim order today regarding the stay on releasing the final results for NA-15 Mansehra.<\/p>\n

The electoral watchdog heard PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif\u2019s plea against election results from the seat. He has contested PTI-backed independent candidate Shahzada Gustasap Khan’s success from the constituency following the Feb 8 elections.<\/p>\n

The hearing was chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. The CEC observed that the ECP cannot continue the stay for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you are late, sometimes you don’t come prepared,\u201d the CEC reprimanded Nawaz’s lawyer.<\/p>\n

Earlier during the hearing, the former premier\u2019s counsel told the ECP that they had still not received the RO\u2019s [returning officer] report.<\/p>\n

PTI-backed candidate\u2019s counsel Babar Awan however argued that, \u201cWe won with a margin of 25,000 votes.\u201d He maintained that, as per the law, a recounting of votes cannot be ordered on such a huge margin.<\/p>\n

Awan brought up the matter of the ECP\u2019s stay on issuing the final results from the constituency till the matter was decided.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong>\u00a0ECP restores victory notifications of PML-N candidates from Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n

Addressing Nawaz\u2019s lawyer, the CEC said the watchdog will lift the stay today, asking the former to present arguments on the case after receiving the RO\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

The ECP adjourned the hearing for a short time following these arguments. When it reconvened, it instructed Nawaz\u2019s counsel to prepare to present arguments in the case at the next hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot stay the notification for long,\u201d CEC Raja stated. He ordered ECP officials to provide all relevant records to Nawaz’s lawyers.<\/p>\n

The PML-N supremo\u2019s lawyer requested the court to give a date for final arguments but not lift the injunction on the notification. He requested the watchdog to adjourn the hearing till the day after tomorrow.<\/p>\n

However, the ECP adjourned the hearing only till tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Last week, the ECP dismissed<\/a> Nawaz\u2019s application to stop\u00a0the notification of the results of NA-15 Mansehra, with orders to refile it.<\/p>\n

A two-member bench, headed by CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja heard the complaints of candidates who had challenged the election results.<\/p>\n

Nawaz\u2019s lawyer did not appear before the bench and the NA-15 Mansehra RO while submitting his report to the commission said the constituency\u2019s result had been compiled as per Form 45.<\/p>\n

The ECP bench rejected the PML-N supremo\u2019s application to stop the notification of the successful candidate, directing his lawyer to file it again.<\/p>\n

Three days after the Feb 8 elections,\u00a0the ECP\u00a0had directed<\/a> the RO to not issue the final result for NA-15 Mansehra, after PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif challenged it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The ECP observed on Monday that it will be issuing an interim order today regarding the stay on releasing the final results for NA-15 Mansehra. The electoral watchdog heard PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif\u2019s plea against election results from the seat. He has contested PTI-backed independent candidate Shahzada Gustasap Khan’s success from the constituency following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/nawaz-sharif1706967575-0\/nawaz-sharif1706967575-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t