NA-256: PTI candidate requests for thumbprint verification
MQM candidate had won the constituency.
Photo of a ballot box that went viral on social media.
KARACHI:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate Zubair Khan has filed a request for thumbprint verification of the votes cast in NA-256 constituency during the May 11 elections, Express News reported on Saturday.
Muttahida Quami Movement’s (MQM) candidate Iqbal Muhammad Khan had won the constituency.
Zubair has requested for investigation at 66 polling stations of the constituency.
The hearing of the case will take place on November 9 and the returning officers will also be summoned to court for failing to provide the voter lists of 10 polling stations.
Rigging in NA-256 constituency
The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) had earlier unearthed massive rigging in the National Assembly constituency, NA-256 (Karachi), in the May 11 elections.
According to a report submitted by the authority before an election tribunal on October 7, over 57,000 votes could not be verified in the constituency where 5,893 duplicate and 1,950 fake votes were cast.
According to Nadra invalid Computerised National Identity Cards were mentioned on 11,343 used counterfoils, while 791 voted were found to be out of the constituency.
PTI's stance
On October 8, PTI’s chairman Imran Khan during a press conference in Lahore had said that “record rigging” took place in the May 11 elections in the NA-256 constituency. He had expressed fear that the by-elections would see similar rigging if action was not taken.
He had further said that the people involved, including the returning officers, should be held accountable for what they have done.
MQM’s stance
MQM has maintained that there is a difference between an “unverified vote” and a “fake vote”, and it was not the party’s responsibility to ensure that the ballot papers during the general elections were of good quality or that magnetic ink was used for thumb impressions.
MQM leader Faisal Subzwari had said that votes could not be verified in other constituencies as well, but only the one where an MQM candidate won was highlighted.
Correction: In an earlier version of this article, NA-256 was incorrectly mention as NA-265 once. The error has been fixed.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate Zubair Khan has filed a request for thumbprint verification of the votes cast in NA-256 constituency during the May 11 elections, Express News reported on Saturday.
Muttahida Quami Movement’s (MQM) candidate Iqbal Muhammad Khan had won the constituency.
Zubair has requested for investigation at 66 polling stations of the constituency.
The hearing of the case will take place on November 9 and the returning officers will also be summoned to court for failing to provide the voter lists of 10 polling stations.
Rigging in NA-256 constituency
The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) had earlier unearthed massive rigging in the National Assembly constituency, NA-256 (Karachi), in the May 11 elections.
According to a report submitted by the authority before an election tribunal on October 7, over 57,000 votes could not be verified in the constituency where 5,893 duplicate and 1,950 fake votes were cast.
According to Nadra invalid Computerised National Identity Cards were mentioned on 11,343 used counterfoils, while 791 voted were found to be out of the constituency.
PTI's stance
On October 8, PTI’s chairman Imran Khan during a press conference in Lahore had said that “record rigging” took place in the May 11 elections in the NA-256 constituency. He had expressed fear that the by-elections would see similar rigging if action was not taken.
He had further said that the people involved, including the returning officers, should be held accountable for what they have done.
MQM’s stance
MQM has maintained that there is a difference between an “unverified vote” and a “fake vote”, and it was not the party’s responsibility to ensure that the ballot papers during the general elections were of good quality or that magnetic ink was used for thumb impressions.
MQM leader Faisal Subzwari had said that votes could not be verified in other constituencies as well, but only the one where an MQM candidate won was highlighted.
Correction: In an earlier version of this article, NA-256 was incorrectly mention as NA-265 once. The error has been fixed.