Sardar Mir Baz Muhammad Khan VS ECP, etc

ORDER SHEET.

IN THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, ISLAMABAD.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

Writ Petition No. 2037 of 2018

Sardar Mir Baz Muhammad Khanb Khetran

VS

Election Commission of Pakistan, etc S. No. of Date of Order with signature of Judge and that of order/ order/ parties or counsel where necessary. proceedings proceedings 31.05.2018. Hassan Rashid Qamar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Malik Mujtaba Ahmad, Additional Director General, ECP.

This petition is directed against order dated 04.05.2018, passed by Election Commission of Pakistan whereby the proposed delimitation has been altered with respect to

NA-259.

2.Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that objections were filed by the petitioner challenging the proposed delimitation on the basis that it has been worked out anticlockwise; there is a travel time of 12 hours and the means of communication are not available. It is also contended that after the amendment made the variation in population is about 20 % to 25 %.

3.Learned representative of Election Commission of Pakistan contended that the impugned order is in accordance with law.

4.The thrust of arguments by the learned counsel for the petitioner was that after change made the proposed delimitation with respect to NA-259 the population variation has become

about 20% to 25%. There is nothing on record which substantiates the referred stance on part of the petitioner. However, in the interest of justice it is just and proper that the matter be placed before Election Commission of Pakistan for rendering reasons if the variation in population is more than 10%.

5.In view of the forgoing the instant petition is disposed off with direction to Secretary, Election Commission of Pakistan to place the matter before Election Commission of Pakistan for examining whether there is variation in population which if is more than 10% then reasons for the same shall be rendered.

(AAMER FAROOQ)

JUDGE

M. Junaid Usman

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