The Islamabad High Court has suspended poll result notifications issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from NA-46, NA-47 and NA-48.

The order was issued on petitions of Amir Mughal, Shoaib Shaheen and Mohammad Ali Bukhari against the notification issued by the ECP that declared their opponents Anjum Aqeel Khan, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz as returned candidates from the constituencies.

The petitioners contested the Feb 8 elections as PTI-backed independent candidates.

They challenged the election results before the ECP on Feb 10 and the commission issued a status quo order on the following day. However, the ECP on Feb 11, also issued the notification that declared Khan, Chaudhry and Raja as returned candidates.

During the hearing today, the court accepted the appeals and suspended the poll results.

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