PTI chairman Imran Khan. PHOTO: FILE
In terms of rigging, all polling stations across the country could be categorised as "sensitive", Imran pointed out.
Imran said the polling staff drawn from the provincial bureaucracies had failed to maintain the sanctity of the ballot during the May 11 election and therefore it was essential to have the army present at all the polling stations.
He reiterated that PTI would not tolerate a repeat of the irregularities and rigging that had marred the May 11 election.
The by-elections for 16 National Assembly seats and 26 provincial assembly seats across the country will be held August 22. Most of these seats were vacated by the members who had won from more than one constituency in the May 11 general elections
Of the 7,622 polling stations to be set up for the by-elections, 3,644 have been declared ‘sensitive’, with 1,657 falling in the category of ‘highly sensitive’, revealed the figures.
A total of 180 candidates are vying for 15 Punjab Assembly seats, 82 for four Sindh Assembly seats, 32 for three Balochistan Assembly seats and 27 for four Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats.
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But he is against the army being deployed to protect the state and citizens from TTP?
asking for army in elections.. not in terrorism hit areas clearly shows this guys approach.
Rigging will be there if PTI lose ... well IK should deploy Army in whole KPK because his government is not able to secure the KPK... its getting worst and worst and worst
My humble request to the Army is that Please take the charge, Please, Please, Please, Please, ...............................................................................Please of the whole country so we may see some progress and development in the country.
When they Politicians belive in democracy why they seek help from Army ? Why they cant make their Police Departments much efficient to cop situations. If Army has to do things every where so let the Army rule this country.....
I happen to be a Presiding Officer at one of the polling stations in NA-248 Lyari on May 11, 2013 during the general elections and I would like to say by experience that the Army is only of use if they are guarding each and every polling station and the arrival and departure of the polling station teams. However, they will be of 0% use when it comes to preventing rigging in procedures running inside the polling station. That is, they play no role in monitoring of rigging in the electoral process during and after the election.
And despite the army deployment, the net result would be the same - PTI loses!
You will still lose these elections Mr Khan.
@Mobile: ECP has to accept each and every demand of Imran Khan. There is bound be rigging if PTI loses this election. Plz keep your mobile camera and "photoshop" on and make every movie and picture blurred so as to be presented in our "white paper"
IK all the way demanding army everywhere not in karachi only,PTI all the way!
There will be rigging if PTI lose :)