QUETTA – Balochistan High Court’s election tribunal on Friday has de-seated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Deputy Speaker in National Assembly (NA) Qasim Khan Suri and ordered re-election in the NA-265 constituency.
The tribunal headed by Justice Abdullah Baloch has declared the election held there as null and void and directed the authorities to arrange re-election in NA-265 constituency.
The tribunal announced the decision over the petition of Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-Mengal) member Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Raisani, who had challenged Suri’s victory in General Election 2018 by alleging rigging in the polls. He alleged that the election was rigged as 65,000 invalid votes could not be verified.
PTI leader Qasim Khan Suri had been elected from the area back in 2018 and was later elected to hold the position of the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
