Summary The Additional Attorney General requested the court to form a larger bench.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Lahore High Court on Monday accepted government’s plea regarding formation of larger bench over the NA-118 vote verification issue.
During case proceedings today, PML-N MNA Malik Riaz told court that election tribunal’s order was illegal as there was no provision in the law for votes to be verified as genuine through thumbprints.
He argued that it was impossible to verify all 150,000 votes cast at NA-118, however, the recount process can only take place in the polling stations where objections were raised.
Later, the Additional Attorney General requested the court to form a larger bench to look into the matter.
The court approved the request and forwarded the file to Chief Justice of the high court.
It may be mention here that election tribunal had on November 18 directed the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to verify that the votes cast at NA-118 were genuine by examining the thumbprints on them.
The plea to verify voters’ thumbprints was submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) candidate Hamid Zaman.
