NEW DELHI: A senior Pakistani bureaucrat on Saturday claimed that the chief election commissioner and the chief justice have been concerned in rigging the not too long ago concluded elections within the nation. Commissioner of Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta resigned from his place taking duty for the alleged “wrongdoing”.
Addressing a press convention Chatta admitted that “rigging” passed off within the Rawalpindi Division.
“We transformed the losers into winners with a 50,000 votes margin,” he informed the reporters. Expressing regret for his actions, Chatta surrendered himself to the police and emphasised that each the chief election commissioner and the chief justice have been totally concerned within the matter.
“I’m taking the duty for all this wrongdoing and telling you that the chief election commissioner and the chief justice are additionally utterly concerned on this,” he was quoted as saying by the Daybreak newspaper.
“I must be punished for the injustice I’ve completed and others who have been concerned on this injustice also needs to be punished. It’s my request to the whole forms to not do something unsuitable for all these politicians,” he added.
In the meantime, the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) strongly rejected the allegations Chattha has made towards the chief election commissioner.
“The Election Fee of Pakistan strongly rejects the allegations levelled by the Commissioner Rawalpindi on the chief election commissioner or the election fee and no official of the election fee by no means issued any directions relating to altering the election outcomes to the Commissioner Rawalpindi,” the ECP mentioned in an announcement.
“Neither is the commissioner of any division ever appointed as a DRO, RO or presiding officer, nor do they ever play a direct position within the conduct of elections,” it added.
Earlier, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, representing the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami get together, voluntarily surrendered the seat that he had gained within the current provincial elections held in Karachi, citing allegations of vote rigging in his favor.
The nationwide and provincial elections, which passed off on February 8, have been marred by accusations of rigging geared toward thwarting impartial candidates supported by incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Regardless of these claims, the caretaker authorities and Pakistan’s election fee have firmly rejected the allegations, asserting that the nation possesses legal guidelines and methods to handle particular complaints.
Addressing a press convention Chatta admitted that “rigging” passed off within the Rawalpindi Division.
“We transformed the losers into winners with a 50,000 votes margin,” he informed the reporters. Expressing regret for his actions, Chatta surrendered himself to the police and emphasised that each the chief election commissioner and the chief justice have been totally concerned within the matter.
“I’m taking the duty for all this wrongdoing and telling you that the chief election commissioner and the chief justice are additionally utterly concerned on this,” he was quoted as saying by the Daybreak newspaper.
“I must be punished for the injustice I’ve completed and others who have been concerned on this injustice also needs to be punished. It’s my request to the whole forms to not do something unsuitable for all these politicians,” he added.
In the meantime, the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) strongly rejected the allegations Chattha has made towards the chief election commissioner.
“The Election Fee of Pakistan strongly rejects the allegations levelled by the Commissioner Rawalpindi on the chief election commissioner or the election fee and no official of the election fee by no means issued any directions relating to altering the election outcomes to the Commissioner Rawalpindi,” the ECP mentioned in an announcement.
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Earlier, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, representing the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami get together, voluntarily surrendered the seat that he had gained within the current provincial elections held in Karachi, citing allegations of vote rigging in his favor.
The nationwide and provincial elections, which passed off on February 8, have been marred by accusations of rigging geared toward thwarting impartial candidates supported by incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Regardless of these claims, the caretaker authorities and Pakistan’s election fee have firmly rejected the allegations, asserting that the nation possesses legal guidelines and methods to handle particular complaints.