May 2013 elections challenged in Supreme Court

In what may prove to be a significant development, the whole election process of the last year has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. A constitutional petition, which is filed by former Justice Mehmood Akhtar, is praying the court to declare null and void the general election of May 2013. The petition maintains that the Election Commission of Pakistan failed to provide magnetic ink that had affected the transparency of the whole election process. The petitioner prayed before the court that those responsible should be held accountable.