On an election petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) alleging poll rigging in NA-125 in Lahore, an election tribunal decided in May this year that the irregularities were serious enough to cancel the constituency's 2013 election results. Terming it null and void, the tribunal de-seated PML (N)'s Khawaja Saad Rafique, the Federal Minister for Railways. Challenging this decision in the Supreme Court (SC), Saad Rafique petitioned the SC for a "Stay Order" because the election tribunal did not prove that he was involved in rigging. Suspending the tribunal's verdict for re-elections, the SC instructed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to restore Saad Rafique's membership as the MNA for NA-125. On this stay order he not only continues as an MNA but also a Federal Minister.
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