{"id":29114,"date":"2018-07-30T02:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=29114"},"modified":"2018-07-30T02:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T16:30:23","slug":"why-is-imran-afraid-of-a-recount-in-na-131-asks-saad-rafique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/why-is-imran-afraid-of-a-recount-in-na-131-asks-saad-rafique\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Imran afraid of a recount in NA-131, asks Saad Rafique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nISLAMABAD : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique has said that if PTI Chairperson Imran Khan hadn\u2019t won by rigging the election, then why is he afraid of a recount.<\/p>\n<p>He said the election commission should order a recount of all ballot papers in the constituency. He and the PTI chief both contested the election in NA-131 Lahore, where Imran won.<\/p>\n<p>Rafique said there was no recount in his constituency and asked why Imran was afraid of one. \u201cI asked for all the votes to be recounted but the returning officer only agreed to recount the ballot papers that had been rejected,\u201d said the PML-N leader. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique has said that if PTI Chairperson Imran Khan hadn\u2019t won by rigging the election, then why is he afraid of a recount. He said the election commission should order a recount of all ballot papers in the constituency. 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