ISLAMABAD - Chairman PTI Imran Khan said yesterday that
current formation in Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) could not guarantee
free and fair elections as the ruling party PML (N) had its agents in the
commission.
Talking at a news conference, the PTI chief blamed
senior officers in ECP for rigging elections in favor of the ruling Pakistan
Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and claimed the current setup in the commission
could not ensure fair and neutral polls.
Imran Khan openly named Punjab member in ECP
Justice (r) Riaz Kiani for fluctuating polls results in favor of PML-N’s
candidates. He unveiled that
Opposition Leader Khurshid Shah had exposed that Mr Kiani was selected as one
of the four members in ECP on the references of PML-N.
“Under
the law, the ECP is destined to place a petition within 60 days. ECP member from Punjab Riaz Kiani purposely
avoided showing up at the office pretending to be sick. And
when the period of 60 days came to an end, he disposed of the petition without
any decision,” Khan stated.
But,
he sustained that the PTI would fight electoral rigging till the end.
“If they think we will watch a repeat of the same
type of elections they are mistaken,” he said.
“I
ask the ECP on what basis did it pardon 300 people who were involved in gross
irregularities? In Balochistan votes were found cast by people who had passed
away,” Mr Khan sustained.
The
PTI chief evoked that his 126-day long sit-in against the government was meant
to only pressurize election establishments to conduct free and fair polls.
“This is our righteous stance and we will not
surrender the demand of impartial elections,” Imran Khan said.
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