JI accuses ECP of facilitating PPP govt

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer, Engineer Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has announced that the party will challenge the controversial verdict by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the local government election results in six Orangi Town union councils.

Speaking at a conference held at the JI headquarters on Saturday, the JI leader expressed disappointment on the ECP's role in facilitating the PPP government.

Rehman stated that instead of examining the Form 11 and 12 of the six union councils, the ECP ordered a recount under the supervision of Returning Officers (ROs) and District Returning Officers (DROs) who were responsible for post-poll rigging.

The JI had informed the ECP that the results of polling at 66 stations were changed, and the commission had promised to summon all returning officers for the hearing, he said.

Rehman further added that the commission had also announced exemplary punishment for those ROs and DROs responsible for changing the results.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th, 2023.