LAHORE, July 24 (TNS): In a major developmet, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday rejected Sheikh Rasheed’s plea against ECP’s decision to postpone election on NA-60.
The ECP had announced to postpone the polls after PMLN leader Hanif Abbasi was disqualified after verdict of ephedrine case.
On Monday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench also dismissed Rasheed’s plea challenging the election commission’s order of postponing polls in NA-60 Rawalpindi following life term awarded to PML-N candidate Hanif Abbasi.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had postponed the election in NA-60 after Sheikh Rashid’s main rival Hanif Abbasi was disqualified after being sentenced in the ‘ephedrine case’ last week.
The Awami Muslim League (AML) chief challenged the ECP order in the Rawalpindi bench of the LHC .
