Rawalpindi, July 23 (TNS): In wake of disqualification of PML-N candidate Hanif Abbasi, Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi Bench on Monday reserved its decision on Sheikh Rasheed’s plea challenging the ECP’s decision to postpone polling in NA-60 constituency.
The ECP had postponed polling after the arrest and disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Hanif Abbasi, Rasheed’s main contender for the seat, in the ephedrine quota case last week.
Submitting a petition through his counsel Sardar Abdul Razzaq, Rasheed contended that election cannot be postponed due to the sentencing of a candidate.
Rasheed stated in the petition that elections in the constituencies of PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz and Capt (retd) Safdar were not postponed when they were jailed in the Avenfield properties reference earlier this month.
The petition has named the ECP and NA-60 returning officer as respondents.
LHC Justice Mujahid Mustaqeem conducted proceedings where the ECP counsel opposed Rasheed’s plea.
