Form 47 can be challenged before ECP under elections act: lawyer

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Lawyer Ahmad Pansota has said that Form 47 issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan that “do not correspond to the Form 45” for that constituency can be challenged by the candidates before the ECP.

In a post on X, he said that the Form 47 could be challenged under sections 8 (power of commission to ensure fair election) and 9 (power of the commission to declare a poll void) of the Elections Act 2017.

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