There were 17 petitions decided in the month of June 2014 -sixteen by election tribunals and one by the ECP.  However,  given  the  backlog  of  pending  petitions  and the expiry of the tribunals’ tenure, the Election  Commission  of  Pakistan  (ECP)  has  extended the  tenure  of  tribunals  following  their  failure  to resolve all post-election disputes within the legally-stipulated deadline. Overall, as many as 318(78%) out of the 410 cases have so far been decided by the tribunals and the ECP (292 out of 384 by tribunals and 26by ECP)while 92 (22%) petitions are still awaiting decisions.

The  ECP  constituted  14  tribunals  across  the  country  following  the  2013 elections to  redress election-related complaints of contesting candidates.The tribunals were legally bound to decide each case within 120 days of its receipt.

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