The Lahore High Court (LHC) Saturday accepted a plea against results of as many as 274 Union Councils (UC) in the first phase of local body (LB) polls held on October 31.
Advocate Ishtiaq Chaudhry filed the plea on behalf of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT).
The petitioner pleaded that major irregularities were seen in 274 UCs during the LB elections that were held on October 31. The PAT accused the government of tempering with the results formed by the returning officers (RO).
The plea stated that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) did not train the officials.
Irregularities and untrained polling staff could not make the elections free and fair, petitioner alleged.
The party has requested the LHC to annul the results and bar the commission from issuing notifications of alleged winning candidates.
The petitioner made the ruling party, the Punjab government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the ECP as parties in the case.
