ECP to notify Imran Khan as winner on 7 NA seats after expense details submitted.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday ruled to declare PTI Chairman Imran Khan as the winning candidate from all the constituencies he won during October by-elections.

A three-member bench of the Election Commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja, announced the verdict today it had reserved last month.

The ECP had taken notice of the PTI chief's failure to submit the details of election expenses within the stipulated time.

The PTI chief had contested by-polls on six seats - NA-22, NA-24, NA-31, NA-108, NA-118, and NA-239 - on October 16 while the by-election on NA-45 was held on October 30.

The verdict stated that Imran Khan had submitted the required details to the electoral body after which it decided to notify him as the winning candidate on all the seven National Assembly seats.

According to the election laws, 'Every returned candidate shall, within five days from the date of the election, submit return of election expenses in accordance with the provision of section 29.'

'On receipt of the returns of the election under sub-section (3) of section 24, the Commission shall publish in the official Gazette the names of the returned candidates: Provided that the name of a candidate shall not be published who fails to submit the return of election expenses as required by sub-section (3) of section 24."

In the last hearing, Khan's counsel, Gohar Baloch, informed the ECP that the respondent had submitted the details along with vouchers.

He also argued that the delay in filing of return of election expenses was not intentional as the respondent got busy with the...

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