ISLAMABAD, March 8: The official results of 11 of the 342 National Assembly seats have been withheld because of litigation and other complications.

The unofficial results for seven of the constituencies have been announced but the final notification has been stayed either by courts or the Election Commission on the complaints of contesting candidates.

According to unofficial results, PPP’s Noor Alam Khan was declared successful on the NA-3, Peshawar, seat but the final notification was stayed by the Peshawar High Court on a writ petition filed by ANP’s Mohammad Hashim Babar.

In NA-20, Mansehra, PML-Q’s Shahjehan Yousaf was initially declared successful, but on recount Lt-Gen (retd) Salahuddin Tirmizi was declared elected. Mr Yousaf’s plea for a re-poll was rejected by the Election Commission (EC). However, the EC later reversed its decision and stayed the official notification of Mr Tirmizi’s success by entertaining Mr Yousaf’s complaint.

Unofficial results had declared Irfanullah Khan Kundi, an independent candidate, successful against another independent Tariq Rahim Kundi on NA-25. However, a re-count of votes was ordered on a complaint and the result was stayed by the Peshawar High Court on February 28.

PML-Q’s Amir Muqam was reported to have won the NA-31 Shangla seat, but the official notification was stayed by the Peshawar High Court on a petition filed by ANP’s Sadeedur Rahman.

PML-N’s Mohammad Riaz was the winning candidate from NA-118 according to the unofficial result, but the court stayed the final notification on a petition filed by the runner-up, PPP’s Syed Asif Akhtar Hashmi.

National People’s Party’s Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi was the unofficial winner from NA-202, Shikarpur, but the Election Commission stayed the notification on an application filed by PPP’s Aftab Shabaan Mirani.

The Sindh High Court on Saturday stayed the repolling for this seat ordered by the commission. From NA-239, Karachi-1, Abdul Qadir Patel won the election, but the official result was stayed by the Sindh High Court on a petition of MQM’s Dr K.S. Mujahid Baluch. Polling for NA-42, Tribal Area-VII, was postponed because of the law and order situation in South Waziristan Agency.

Also, election on the NA-207, Larkana, seat was suspended after the Liaquat Bagh tragedy claimed the life of a contesting candidate, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Elections were also suspended for NA-118, Lahore, because of the death of a contesting candidate.

The decision on a reserved seat for women is also pending because the contest ended in a tie and a draw would be held to decide the winner.