RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi registry on Monday reserved its decision on Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed’s appeal against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision of postponing elections in the NA-60 constituency.
Previously on Saturday, a Control of Narcotics Substances Court (CNSC) sentenced Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi, who was Rasheed’s main contender in NA-60, to life imprisonment in the ephedrine quota case.
After the verdict, ECP had postponed the elections in NA-60.
Rasheed’s counsel Sardar Abdul Razzaq had filed a petition on his behalf and contended that polls cannot be postponed because of the sentencing of a candidate.
Citing Maryam Nawaz and Nawaz Sharif’s constituencies, Rasheed asserted that despite Maryam and Nawaz’s sentence (Avenfield verdict) the elections in their constituencies were not postponed.
According to the petition, ECP and Returning Officer (RO) are respondents in the case.
While addressing a public rally Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh on Sunday night, the AML leader had said that according to the Election Act 2017, elections cannot be postponed in a constituency unless a candidate dies.
