The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday ordered the recounting of the votes in four polling stations of Karachi’s NA 231-Malir (III).
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTIs Khalid Mehmood Ali filed a plea against the victory of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Abdul Hakim Baloch who won the seat by 389 votes in the 8th February’s general elections.
Accepting the plea of the PTI-backed independent candidate, the ECP ordered the recounting of votes in four polling stations. According to the ECP, the vote recount will be held on October 11.
It may be noted here that PPP’s Abdul Hakim Baloch bagged the seat with a lead of 389 votes, totaling 43,634. Khalid Mehmood Ali finished runner-up with 43,245 votes followed by Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Umar Farooq with 14,143 votes.
