JI says armed goons took over polling stations

The head of Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, convened an urgent press conference at Idara Noor Haq to address alleged election rigging.

He asserted that armed terrorists controlled several polling stations in the presence of police and rangers, causing injuries to JI workers and tampering with ballot papers and boxes.

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Rehman cited instances of fake voting with ballot papers found outside polling stations and armed men occupying polling stations across the city. Rehman reported incidents of violence in Shah Faisal Colony and Nazimabad, criticizing the absence of law enforcement officials.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 9^th 2024.