LHC suspends victory notification of PML-N's Azhar Qayyum in NA-81
- By Abid Khan -
- Apr 04, 2024

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday suspended the victory notification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Azhar Qayyum from NA-81 Gujranwala, ARY News reported.
Bilal in his plea stated that he was declared the winner with the lead of 8,000 votes, but in the recount, he was declared runner-up and PML-N’s candidate was declared winner.
However, following a request for a recount of votes, the Election Commission of Pakistan declared the recount in favour of the opposition candidate, Azhar Qayyum.
Read more: ECP notifies victory of PML-N’s Azhar Qayyum from NA-81
The plea further said that the returning officer had reduced petitioner Chaudhry’s votes by 2,500 during the recounting process, and sought cancellation of the PML-N leader’s victory notification.
In response to the petition, the LHC decided to suspend the notification of PML-N’s candidate victory, pending further investigation into the matter.
It is to be noted that on March 17, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notified the victory of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Azhar Qayyum as MNA from NA-81 after a recount.
