ECP asks PTI to present rigging allegations to tribunals

ECP secretary says tribunals have been constituted to address petitions over polls.

ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) continuing protests over what they claim were rigging in the recently concluded general and by-elections, Secretary of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked the party to present their rigging allegations to the elections tribunals, reconstituted to avoid delay in disposal of petitions, says Radio Pakistan.

Secretary Ishtiaque Ahmed Khan, while responding to the white paper on rigging in general elections of May 11 released by PTI two weeks ago, pointed out that the general elections this year have been hailed all over the world as a step towards stronger democracy in the country.

Khan said that all political parties had also accepted the election results, barring certain individual complaints and reservations including the ones expressed by PTI.

Most recently, the PTI leadership rejected results of by-elections in the PP-150 constituency of Lahore. It forced the ECP to conduct a recount. The three day recount exercise ended on Wednesday confirming the results released earlier but still drew protestations from PTI.