Inquiry Commission on Saturday completed the process of vote recount in NA-122 constituency in Lahore. The report would be submitted to the election tribunal next week. On the orders of election tribunal's Judge Kazim Malik, the chairman Inquiry Commission Ghulam Hussain Awan completed the procedure of recounting and verification of votes in NA-122 within 13 days.
According to the sources of investigative team, Ayaz Sadiq's total vote count exceeded by 134 mounting his lead to 9,006 from 8,872 after record of 284 polling stations was verified whereas voters' thumb impressions and ID card numbers were also present in the counter file. Lawyers of both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) were present as the votes were recounted. After the recount, Ayaz Sadiq's lawyer told that the recount affirmed the Speaker's victory in the constituency whereas Khan's lawyer claimed that the recount revealed massive rigging.
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