LHC Directs ECP To Decide Plea Against Bilawal.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) Tuesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide a plea, challenging the election of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Foreign Minister, from NA-200 Larkana in the 2018-general elections, within 30 days. Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza passed the orders while disposing of a petition filed by Syed Iqtedar Haider. The petitioner had submitted that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) were registered as two different political parties with the ECP. He submitted that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari headed the PPP whereas the PPPP was headed by Asif Ali Zardari. He submitted that in the 2018-general elections, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari contested on...

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