SC disposes of plea seeking to declare Feb 8 polls null and void

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition seeking to declare the February 8 elections null and void.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musrat Hilali heard the petition seeking to declare the February 8 general elections null and void.

The petitioner, Ali Khan, had requested an investigation into election rigging and re-election, but the court rejected the petition due to non-appearance of the petitioner.

The Supreme Court imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on the petitioner for not appearing before it.

It should be noted that earlier at the beginning of the hearing of the case, the court expressed its displeasure at the withdrawal of the petition by the petitioner and asked to hear the case in any case.

Earlier, all the matters relating to formation of government have been settled between the Pakistan Muslim League-N and the People’s Party.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while holding a press conference with Shahbaz Sharif and Asif Zardari in Islamabad, said that the Pakistan People’s Party and the PML-N have completed their numbers for forming the government. He said that Shehbaz Sharif will be a joint candidate for premiership while Asif Ali Zardari for president.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that our prayer is for the country to be successful. May Allah support us solving all the problems.

On this occasion, Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan People’s Party and PML-N have full numbers to form the government. We are in a position to form a new government, Asif Zardari will be elected as the president for five years, other allies MQM-P and PML-Q will vote together.