The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi Bench reserved on Monday its decision on Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed’s plea challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone polling in the city’s 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 today’s proceedings where the ECP counsel opposed Rasheed’s plea.
