A two-member bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, rejected Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo, Nawaz Sharif’s electoral complaint against his defeat in the NA-15 constituency in Mansehra.
The returning officer submitted his report to the Election Commission of Pakistan, confirming that the results were compiled as per Form 45.
The PML-N stalwart’s lawyer arrived late but pleaded to the court not to dismiss his client’s appeal.
ECP, however, instructed him to resubmit the request.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed independent candidate Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasip Khan defeated Nawaz to clinch victory in the aforementioned constituency.