MQM-P challenges PS-114 by-election result
Election was won by Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Saeed Ghani
July 12, 2017
KARACHI: Muttahaida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) has challenged the result of Sindh Assembly seat PS-114 in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The election was won by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Saeed Ghani.
He bagged approximately 24,000 votes while MQM-P’s Kamran Tessori received over 18,000 votes.
MQM-P Chairperson Farooq Sattar had alleged rigging in the constituency following Ghani’s victory.
The party has petitioned the ECP to halt declaring the election result until verification of thumbprints is carried out and a recount takes place.
The petition alleges that the election result of the constituency was changed at the last minute.
