The Election Commission of Pakistan has stopped the returning officer from releasing the provisional results for the NA-15 (Mansehra) constituency.

A four-member bench conducted the hearing for NA-15 after former premier Nawaz Sharif challenged the results.

“We have not received Form 45s of 125 polling stations of NA-15 Mansehra,” Nawaz’s lawyer contended before the electoral watchdog, adding that the presiding officer for the polling station was expelled by the polling agents.

Nawaz’s lawyer argued that Form 47 cannot be issued without Form 45 and the Form 47 submitted by the returning officer is not correct.

“The election was not transparent in this constituency,” he said, adding that it was the responsibility of the ECP to conduct transparent elections.