The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ordered recounting of votes and thumb impressions' verification in two National Assembly and seven Punjab Assembly seats. After allegations of rigging on PP-39 (Khushab-I), PP-43 (Mianwali-I), PP-205 (Multan-XII), PP-9 (Rawalpindi-IX), PP-257 (Muzaffargarh-VII), PP-155 (Lahore-XIX) and PP-156 (Lahore-XX) as well as two National Assembly seats, including NA-125 (Lahore-VIII), the Commission ordered recounting and thumb impressions' verification in these constituencies.
After May 11 elections, the activists of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) alleged rigging during the election for NA-125 and staged a sit-in to register their protest. Earlier, Khawaja Saad Rafique of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was said to have won from the seat securing over 120,000 votes and defeating PTI's Hamid Khan (83,000). On that account, Khan had requested the ECP for a vote recount on NA-125, which the Commission had reportedly rejected at the time.
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