RO orders recount in PP-7 by-poll after PTI's challenge.

RAWALPINDI -- The returning officer summoned all candidates who contested the by-election in PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) in his office after the PTI on Monday challenged the election result, citing a delay in the result's announcement and a very small difference between the votes of winning candidate and the runner-up.

According to unofficial results, PML-N's candidate Raja Sagheer won the by-poll on the Punjab Assembly seat with a thin margin of 49 votes while PTI's Col (retd) Shabbir Awan came in second.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had set up 266 polling stations, comprising 787 polling booths, for 335,295 registered voters in the constituency.

The PTI's candidate, Shabbir Awan, submitted an application to RO Rai Sultan Bhatti and requested a recount.

In the application, Awan said the winning PML-N candidate received 68,906 votes, while he secured 68,857 with the difference being of a mere 49 votes.

He argued in his application that the results of by-polls in other constituencies across Punjab were announced at 7pm while PP-7's result was...