By APP
Islamabad : A Division Bench of Islamabad High Court here Thursday restrained Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) not to issue official notification of returning candidate on PB-35 Khuzdar-III, till the disposal of case. The Division Bench comprising Justice Mohammad Munir Paracha and Justice Syed Qalbe Hassan heard the writ petition filed by Mian Atta-ur-Rehman Mengal, a PML-Q candidate, through Wasim Sajjad, senior advocate of Supreme Court.
The petitioner has prayed for grant of stay on the ground that at one polling station, there was difference of votes gained by him and those shown in the consolidation result.
He claimed that on the same polling station, the number of votes polled for him superseded the total votes gained by winning candidate Mir Abdur Rehman Mengal.
The Bench granted him stay and issued notices to respondents.