ECP to Hear Plea Against PPP Candidate's Election Victory in Balochistan

ECP to hear plea against victory of PPP’s Ali Hassan Zehri from Hub in Feb 8 elections

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to hear a unique case on Tuesday (February 23), involving an increase of 10,000 in the number of polled votes and over 13,000 in the number of rejected votes for a Balochistan Assembly seat following a controversial recount. The recount at 39 polling stations of PB-21 (Hub) took place two months after the February 8, 2024, General Elections. The recount had declared PPP’s Ali Hassan Zehri the winner, even though the original count ha...

By [email protected] (Iftikhar A. Khan)