ISLAMABAD:
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification of annulment to Khwaja Saad Rafique, for his removal from the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday, according to local media sources.
Rafique had been formerly appointed MNA after winning the 2013 elections which were deemed ‘rigged’ by Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan.
An election tribunal annulled results of the NA-125 election and ordered a re-poll on the seat won by Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Monday, reports confirmed.
Javed Rasheed Mehboobi, member of the Faisalabad election tribunal, allowed the petition of the runner-up candidate, Hamid Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), and asked the ECP to hold a fresh election in the constituency within 60 days, according to local media authorities.
In the NA-125 election, Saad Rafique had secured 123,416 votes while his opponent Hamid Khan bagged 84,495 votes.
In its short order, the tribunal said grave irregularities were found in the record of seven polling stations of NA-125 inspected by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), according to sources.
