Lahore High Court has suspended a notification that declared a Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz leader as the winner after recounting.

PMLN’s Azhar Qayyum had been declared the winner in Gunjranwala’s NA-81 after a recount.

Justice Shahid Karim suspended the notification in a petition filed by Sunni Ittehad Council leader Bilal Ijaz Chaudhry .

Chaudhry had maintained in the petition that he had won his seat by over 8,000 votes but a recount decreased his votes by 2,500 and handed the victory to Qayyum.

The court has now suspended the notification until the case is resolved.

The SIC, made up of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidates who contested the elections as independents has alleged that many of its seats were lost after recounting.