Imran Khan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. PHOTO: INP
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Imran said he used to think Pakistan Peoples Party was the most incompetent, but the PML-N has proved him wrong.
The PTI chairman said that a report of the audit in NA-122 has been prepared, which is enough to remove Ayaz Sadiq as speaker of the National Assembly.
“I am certain Ayaz Sadiq cannot remain as the NA speaker anymore,” said Imran.
Regarding the Election Tribunal’s report in NA-118, the PTI chief said that out of 170,000 votes, 119,000 votes are bogus, and that it was better to just not organise elections, which were such largely rigged.
"…we staged our sit-in for 126 days because of this rigging…,” said Imran.
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What does he want to say? "Leave it to us. We are competent to do it and professionally"?
@Hassan: Apologies. You are right, I should not have used the word personality. Main sahib has the personality of a small but adorable teddy bear.
I mean, have you ever seen him give a live press conference.. He takes ages to respond to a question...its almost like his brain is saying to him, "this question is outside my undetstanding, just speak any sentenance with the words motorway, bullet train, energy, China, saudia Arabia, Pakistan, mandate, experience, in it. Don't mention food and don't forget the cheesy grin at the end'
Unless ahsan iqbal is shouting answers off camera, then he does slightly better.
@Unwittingly: Or he is explicitly saying their was organised rigging but pmln couldn't do that properly and left evidence all over the place, like bags taken to different polling stations, counterfoils with no signatures, 19 polling stations having one presiding officer signature, etc.
Makes sense now why pmln keep crying to court for stay orders, they obviously don't want any investigation into their rigging.
Have you also noticed that since details have started emerging of NA122 audit, pmln have stopped refuting the evidence and their press conferences now look like ostrich's sticking their heads in the sand while chanting "no evidence no evidence"!
A behaviour mimicked by certain pmln supporters on this site as well.
Would there be an end to Imran Khan's lies? or twisting of facts? nothing has proved so far what he claimed for years. Once a staunch adovcate of Taliban now supports their total annihilation. For years he did politics on drone strikes and labelling this America's war, now stays mum on drones; and the war is ours now. Boasting a revolution in KPK such as no loadshedding in 2 years, local body elections, removing corruption etc. All these proved a pack of lies. Above all he boasted democracy in party. The fact is that it is one man's show; the central body, which is unelected, insulted the elected MNAs from KPK by armtwisting them into resignations (while staying OK with KPK provincial assembly coz kpk govt is the lifeline of all his political campaigns; we still remember diesel supply to Dharnas from KPK).
@Salman
Good one, I'll only add the N league is a cult for the man who doesn't have a personality!
He's got the wrong message. Elections are water under the bridge. Needs to go back to parliament and push reform and progress.
Are you trolling from a mental hospital my friend, because this is the most lunatic comment I have ever heard. We would rather see a lunatic determined to achieve something than a brainless PM who only knows to order forming committe @Adnan Siddiqi:
@PTI-AC: Shaikh Rasheed is only a bee jamalo, not his teacher.
The judicial commission could not take place owing to whether there was organized rigging or not. So when IK says: “…they couldn’t even rig the elections properly,”” he is actually unwittingly admitting by implication that there was no organized rigging. For if it were it had to be properly done rigging and since it was not as per his own assessment, now, therefore, IK has “innocently” though accidentally acknowledged the overall fairness of the elections he has been out trying to discredit. Therefore, in the interest of justice, IK should now fully accept the present government and concentrate on positive performance. Even otherwise, a few weeks back, he had said that he would concentrate on developing KP and had plans to plant a billion trees. So we expect that from him.
He now speaks just like his teacher Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed.
@Chachoo: Apparently you have missed the point of what IK is saying here. He is talking about signatures from 20 polling stations being exactly the same; and you start writing about NADRA? Eh, what?
"Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan took a dig at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Wednesday, saying that the prime minister’s party is “so incompetent, they couldn’t even rig the elections properly.”"
In other words, PTI would be better at rigging elections... I wonder, if Pakistan had lost the 1992 world cup final, would IK have gotten over it by now or would he still be claiming foul play???
@Mr.Niazi: I'd rather watch that then the horror movie of pmln govt. Lol
@SilverT: Best at what though? Nihari eating champion? Loan defaulter? Signing agreements for self imposed exile? Rigging? Taking foreign trips with family in tow? Managing supply chains? Speaking elequontely at press conferences?
Please clarify. Thanks in advance.
@Adnan Siddiqi: I agree...when the party leaders name is in the title of the party, it can only be considered a personality cult. Oh wait.....
After all this is our own act that brought us IMRAN KHAN type people as a saviour in disguise. please allah forgive us, and spare us from this hypocrite, mentally challenged, and mad guy name imran khan. et: i have equal right, as the people above.
@Adnan Siddiqi:
I am sure that in the coming days, an upcoming director of Pushto films (Reham Niazi) would also be feeling the same.
Stop now! We all know now you are repulsive, hate filled monster darbari with maggots crawling out of all holes. Why demean yourself in public even more?
@Woody: I wonder how these international observers would explain one presiding officer's signature on 19 different polling forms, from different polling stations?
Actually, forget them...how do you explain it?
@Woody: I wonder how these international observers would explain one presiding officer's signature on 19 different polling forms?
Actually, forget them...how do you explain it?
Democracy, Islamic style?
@Woody: it is analogous to when u peoles press imran to focus on kpk, although he is not any more pm or cm
Mr. Niazi's new film "Naya Pakistan" with same old villeins, produced by Bhabi Reham Niazi would be soon re-released all over Pakistan. Hero of the film Shaikh Rasheed. Don't forget to watch.
@raider:
Buddy, someday you'd want to realize that it's better to come out in the open and declare out loud that you also are a sheep herd follower of a personality cult. Up till now you have been feigning neutrality, without much success if I might add.
@Adnan Siddiqi You are absolutely right, Pashto Film Producer alias "Bhabi Jan" is on her way to take films to new hypes as the Dharna Drama proved to be failed & flopped. They will now try their luck in films. Mubarak to all Pakistanis and welcome to Naya Pakistan.
@SilverT: he suits beneficiaries, no doubt, keep it up
@Adnan Siddiqi: Who was made to win the election, grotesque, dinosaur of status quo, possessing nothing except money and capable not even enough to be a bt member,
Love you IK. Stay strong against this corrupt, useless, and criminal govt and those who support it. Nawaz has made this country his family business. We have shortage of power, petrol, gas, security and proper healthcare yet him and his family keeps getting rich.
Sharif wasn't PM, his party wasn't in charge of the election, and the election was held under the review of International Inspectors who said it was fair. To make matters worse - the only place where PTI had significant victory was considered too dangerous for International Inspectors. Maybe it's Sharif who should be complaining about voter fraud?
@PK:
I am sure that in the coming days, an upcoming director of Pushto films (Reham Niazi) would also be feeling the same.
Imran says elections were not rigged "properly." This amounts to an inadvertent admission that there was no organized rigging. So stop being a sore loser. Stop amusing the nation and get to some real work in KP, get back in NA to bring about electoral reforms. Show your competence there.
Khan Sahab is also wrong number guys, so be careful.
@goodDeedsLeadTo:
I am sure that the elections were free and fair on all counts but even if they were tampered with, this nation owes it's most profound gratitude to the Returning Officers, CJ Chaudhry, Judiciary, Najam Sethi and the ex Chief Election Commissioner for making sure that a lunatic who does not even qualify to be an orderly in a mental asylum - was made to loose the elections.
This claim is coming from a man who got conned by a certain Dr. Shahid Masood on the existence of a certain 35 puncture audio between Najam Sethi and the Prime Minister......this is the mental level of a person who is planning to plant 1 billion saplings in KPK.
Nothing but a loser this Imran Khan is. Someone should ask him.what he thinks about PTIs mos governance in KPK. Is that competency. PTI has failed to deliver on everything from 90 day promises, reforms, development, education and governance and yet Imran Khan thinks other are incompetent.
One does not need competence to steal an election........one needs a inept judicial and complicit accountability system to support one..
Nawaz is the best
PML-N not even competent enough to rig polls properly: Imran and Khan Sahab you are also not competent enough to fool Pakistani Nation anymore. You have been exposed now.
"...the prime minister’s party is “so incompetent, they couldn’t even rig the elections properly.”" Actually, Mr. Competent is saying if I/my party were to rig elections, we have the capabilities to do the job competently.
Because Noon & NS party has been leaving no stones unturned to avoid investigation, empowered judicial commission, it is a strong symptom, they know they have rigged elections.
Imran Khan knows he has not rigged elections, so he is open to investigation, and has been forthcoming, repeated several times to ANP to carry out investigation & use empowered judicial commission against him or his party.
I thought when he met with ECP chief he said there could be a 'misunderstanding'
MR IK for God sake , come out of this hysterical phase and prove yourself in kpk a good reformer so that people elect u in next election at present your are wasting yourself and proving a "zidee" and childish politician!
@salman: You got some sense of humour. Can't beat that.
Nadra should sue Imran Khan since Mr Imran is misquoting them on all accounts. I am an IT professional and i have taken some training with Nadra and let me tell you Nadra never stated those votes as Bogus. Rather they stated that those are not readable. These votes could be fake or not is another issue. The first issue is to read those votes with the scanners first.
This simply means that Scanners could not read the finger print in such a manner that it could search those entries in the Maintained database. Lack of Magnetic ink does not allow ordinary scanners to read those finger-prints. Non-readable votes does not equate to Bogus votes.
Dear PM,Dont bother him. Keep up the good work and leave him on his own mercy.
Yes Imran Khan, our legand our role model, we know what they did and the way they are running the country. Please don't give up. Don't think people don't support you anymore. Whenever you will move forward, we all will stand up and come with you. PMLN can advertise in hundreds of channels against you but the respect, trust and love that we have in hearts for you will never be removed. How more they talk against you the stronger we start believing in you. Please never give up, you are our last hope. Pakistan Zindabad
Now prevaiz Rashid will do a press conference claiming pmln are competent to rig elections as they have been in power 3 times! lol
Cmon ET, your coverage of na122 has been weak lately. No mention of the fact that one presiding officers signature were found on forms from 19 different polling stations? I don't think that can be explained as a discrepancy!
No wonder pmln kept running to courts for stay orders.
Imran khan is fighting the war of sanctity of vote of every individual, rigging might not necessarily be on massive scale as Imran claiming, but rigging was enough to wipe out Imran as mighty opposition, rendering his party to be in minute faction in senate, might also aimed that Imran should not be in position to affect parliament if any impasse leads to his party s' resignations, rigging was also be aimed at to defeat Imran in Lahore seats to win psyche contest along with just voting contest, what happened to Rawalpindi same trend could not be observed as in Lahore, if you always win with your bona fide vote why do you not go for implementation of biometric system for voting
This can only happen in Pakistan that whole nation knows that the elections were rigged and whatever constituency has been verified till now shows huge discrepancies and vote fraud but when you talk about investigating it or fixing it then you are labeled Anti democratic, this is not democracy it is a oligarchy and if Pakistan want a true democracy in which people's power is true force and not the riggers then 2013 elections have to be investigated and culprits should be punished, nothing less then that..