‘Unfair poll results’: Police baton-charge PTI protesters in Swabi

Several workers, supporters sustain injuries.

SWABI: Several supporters and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) sustained injuries when police baton-charged them during a protest in Swabi against ‘unfair’ election results, reported Express News.

On Monday, PTI supporters took to the streets in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Mardan, pressing the poll body to hold re-election or recount of votes in constituencies “rigged by Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Awami National Party”.

In Karachi, PTI activists defied the section 144 imposed by the government, and gathered in their hundreds to block the Shahrah-e-Faisal in presence of heavily armed police and rangers.

Lahore’s Ghazi Chowk was also packed with PTI protesters, while up to 500 PTI supporters took to the streets in Islamabad to express solidarity with the protesters in Karachi and Lahore.

PTI has been urging the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold re-elections in affected constituencies and involve the Army to ensure no political candidates sabotage the electoral process.