The Peshawar High Court has directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to provide attested documents about election results, including Form 45, to nine PTI-backed independent candidates, including six former lawmakers.

A bench consisting of Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Syed Arshad Ali disposed of nine almost identical petitions filed by the candidates against the non-provision of election documents to them by the commission and the relevant returning officers.

The petitioners had sought the court’s orders for the ECP as well as Peshawar’s district returning officer and returning officers to immediately provide them with attested copies of Forms 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49 of their respective national and provincial assembly constituencies.

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