SIALKOT: The local officials of Election Commission on Tuesday sent the vote bags of NA-110 to Nadra high-ups in Islamabad for verification on the Supreme Court orders.

The PTI’s losing candidate Usman Dar had submitted a writ petition before the Supreme Court for the verification of the National Assembly constituency votes cast during 2013 general elections. He had leveled rigging allegations against PML-N winning candidate Khawaja Muhammad Asif, now Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power.

Local ECP officials said that the vote bags had been sent to Nadra, Islamabad, amid tight security.

Published in Dawn, March 9th, 2016