The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) withheld on Tuesday the notification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan’s success in two constituencies.
The notification of Imran’s success in NA-53 (Islamabad) and NA-131 (Lahore) has been withheld, the ECP confirmed.
Imran, who is expected to become the next prime minister, had made history by emerging victorious on five National Assembly seats in the General Election 2018.
From NA-53 (Islamabad), Imran had defeated former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. The PTI chief had received 92,891 votes while the PML-N leader managed to get 44,314 votes.
However, the notification of Imran’s success has been withheld as a case pertaining to violation to ECP’s code of conduct is being heard against him.
On July 25, ECP had taken notice of Imran Khan casting his vote in front of media personnel, which was in direct violation of the electoral body’s code of conduct.
The toughest competition to Imran came from Lahore constituency NA-131 where he was up against PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique.
The notification for NA-131 (Lahore) success was withheld as Lahore High Court has reserved its verdict on former railways minister’s plea for recounting of votes in the constituency.
In other three constituencies— NA-35 (Bannu), NA-243 (Karachi) and NA-95 (Mianwali)— notifications of Imran’s success have been issued but shall be subject to the final decision of the Election Commission in the pending case of violation of the code of conduct.
