Election tribunal rules in favour of PTI, orders re-election in NA-154

MULTAN: An election tribunal for NA-154, Multan announced on Wednesday verdict in favour of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Jahangir Tareen, days after National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq was unseated from NA-122, Lahore constituency.

Election tribunal Justice Rana Zahid Mehmood declared the poll result null and void, calling for re-elections in the constituency.

According to the short order, massive irregularities were reported in the polls with no mention of rigging, Express News reported.

PTI leader Jehangir Khan Tareen – a runner-up candidate at NA-154 constituency in the 2013 general elections – had filed an application against the winning candidate from Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N), Siddique Baloch.

Earlier, accepting a plea by PTI, the apex court on Friday vacated the Lahore High Court (LHC) stay order on the verification of thumb impression at a National Assembly constituency in Lodhran district of Punjab.