Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended a recount in a National Assembly constituency in Lahore where Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan had narrowly defeated a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate in the July 25 general elections.

Khan is set to take oath as prime minister on August 11. Khan’s party emerged the single-largest in the national elections. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won 115 seats and is set to form the government with the support of allies and independent candidates. A party needs 137 seats for a simple majority.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khawaja Saad Rafique had filed a petition for a recount in the NA-131 Lahore-9 constituency, from where Imran Khan had won by 680 votes. Rafique alleged that the presiding officer deliberately rejected hundreds of votes, according to Geo News.

The Election Commission of Pakistan withheld the notification of results after the Lahore High Court on August 4 ordered a recount of votes for the constituency.

Rafique’s lawyer contended that a recount request is valid if the victory margin is less than 5%, PTI reported. But the Supreme Court suspended the Lahore High Court’s order to re-tabulate results and accepted Khan’s petition against the ruling.

The Supreme Court bench said that the result of the constituency has been compiled and it could not be deprived of representation in Parliament. It asked Rafique’s lawyer to approach the relevant election tribunal.

Soon after the top court’s verdict, Khan’s lawyer Babar Awan wrote to the Election Commission, requesting it to issue the notification of Khan’s victory in two constituencies in Lahore and Islamabad, Dawn reported. On Tuesday, the Election Commission had notified the final results of the general election, but withheld results of nine national and 17 provincial assembly seats.