Tribunal orders re-election in Karachi’s PS-114

Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) candidate Rauf Siddiqi had challenged the victory of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Irfanullah Marwat.

Siddiqi had accused Marwat of rigging the elections held on May 11, 2013. The Election Commission of Pakistan will announce the date for re-election. The PML-N candidate can challenge the tribunal’s decision in a higher court. The National Database and Registration Authority had informed the election tribunal that 17,504 votes cast in the PS-114 were bogus as they were either cast by someone else or had invalid national identity card numbers.

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