An election tribunal on Wednesday issued a detailed verdict over the opening of ballot bags in NA-122 constituency to probe allegations of poll rigging.
The 18-page verdict instructed a single-member commission, comprising Mian Ghulam Hussain, to check the records after opening ballot bags in NA-122 and recounting each vote cast in the constituency.
The verdict ordered the verification of forms 14,15 and 16 issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan to the presiding officers in NA-122 constituency and added that all votes cast in the constituency would be verified through thumb-print impressions.
The court order states that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan deposit Rs500,000 for expenses incurred for the verification of votes in NA-122.
MPA Mian Mohsin Latif, belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and a close companion of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, had also submitted a petition for the opening of ballot bags.
Latif and another candidate were also ordered to submit Rs200,000 each as part of the expenses for checking the votes.
