{"id":74955,"date":"2018-08-08T14:24:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T09:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=74955"},"modified":"2018-08-08T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T09:24:18","slug":"recounting-in-na-131-top-court-suspends-lhc-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=74955","title":{"rendered":"Recounting in NA-131: Top court suspends LHC ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Islamabad, Aug. 8 (TNS): The Supreme Court has suspended Lahore High Court&#8217;s decision regarding recounting of votes in Lahore&#8217;s NA-131 seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">The PTI had challenged the decision of the high court in the apex court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">In his remarks, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar said that NA-131 result had been announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">According to unofficial results of the ECP, PTI Chairman Imran Khan won the seat in the general elections defeating PML (N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">The court also rejected a plea by Jamshed Dasti for recounting in NA-182. 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