Pakistan

Rigging probe: Judicial commission directs ECP to submit report within one week

PTI chairperson Imran Khan also appeared before the commission to record statement

Hasnaat Mailk/web Desk April 16, 2015

Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk. PHOTO: APP

ISLAMABAD: On the request of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the judicial commission sought a report from the Election Commission of Pakistan on the alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections within a week, Express News reported.

The commission, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk, directed the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) to submit findings of 37 constituencies to the commission within three days.

PTI chairperson Imran Khan also appeared before the commission to record his statement. His party was told to collect more evidence in the matter.

Addressing the media outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad after the meeting, Imran said his party would accept the result of the judicial commission.

"It is a red-letter day in the history of Pakistan," the PTI chairperson said, adding that his party would prove that organised and systematic rigging took place in the elections.

Earlier, Imran said that around 26 political groups would be producing evidence before the commission today.

Read: SC forms judicial commission to probe alleged rigging in 2013 polls

He further said his party's sit-ins led authorities begin a probe in to rigging allegations. The PTI had protested against widespread alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections from May 11.

"Whatever is the result, democracy of Pakistan will be strengthened nevertheless," Imran added.

The PTI chief also claimed that the Prime Minister had admitted that the 2013 polls has been rigged while on a trip to Haripur.

Read: NA-256: Imran demands immediate action over election rigging

COMMENTS (10)

OBSERVER | 9 years ago | Reply the tradition of Niazi's failure will continue...and his dream of becoming P.M. will never fulfilled..

Parvez | 9 years ago | Reply This is the SC we are talking about ....... history shows anything is possible.

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BILAL | 9 years ago | Reply The judges are not auditors i guess BECAUSE when you use the term: (a) The 2013 General Elections were organized and conducted impartially, honestly, fairly, justly and in accordance with law. The burden all lies with those that conducted the audit to show the above. JUST like any Financial statements being audited.... the accountants job is to prove all his numbers. Can EC do this? Obviously NO. Do judges have even a basci knowledge about audit vidence and sampling impact on total population? Answer is again NO.

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply Our resident geniuses are referring to the 2 TORs below: (a) The 2013 General Elections were organized and conducted impartially, honestly, fairly, justly and in accordance with law. (c) The results of the 2013 General Elections on an overall basis are true and fair reflection of the mandate given by the elected. TOR (a) is technical and involves a lot of brainstorming and hence it can be clearly deduced that government's intentions were to complicate matters and stretch this matter for months even years. Not so surprisingly, Niazi and his dimwits leaders proved gullible yet again and got conned......deservedly so. TOR (c) is directly slaved to TOR (b) The 2013 elections were manipulated or influenced persuasion to a systematic effort and/or by design by anyone. Hence TOR (c) would only go live if it is proven that all the parameters of TOR (b) have been met and there was systematic rigging to favor one particular party. Hate to break it to y'all kids, but your leader is making a fool out of all y'all yet again.

Anarchist | 9 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi: Despite numerous NAB cases, Supreme Court verdict agisnt NS in the Asghar case, nepotism, cronyism, mssive corruption in mega projects, billions in bank defaults, billions of assets abroad, destruction of state institutions, most famous of which is the Punjab police (and the list goes on), to you NS still is the most honest and handsome (with or without glasses) person in the world. As far as the JC is concerned, there are two more TORs that you conveniently forgot. And your master himself admitted (in one of his eloquent speeches that would shame Cicero) that rigging took place, but he ignored it hahahaaha.

Salman Ahmed | 9 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi: Perhaps you have not read the TOR of the JC. Systematic rigging is only ONE of THREE points. Free and Fair elections as provided in the constituion is also included. It is a common misconception that proving systematic rigging is the only point that the JC will consider. Thank you.

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply @terba: Beg to disagree with you....JC's mandate is clear cut, fraudsters like Niazi have to prove that systematic rigging took place. For constituency wise voting, JC would only refer to the report submitted by ECP.

terba | 9 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi: seems you are pandering to the aspirations of pmln. Doesn't matter if the commission cannot ascertain if organised rigging took place or not, what is sure to come out of this is the massive scale of electoral fraud in every constituency, which by the way, is itself a proof of organised rigging!

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply So then, did Niazi submit the truckloads of evidence today including the 35 puncture audio with the commission or as usual he came there with dark shades on looking like Ray Charles and talking nonsense?

sabi | 9 years ago | Reply What evidence other than contents making it laughing stock for the members of judicial commission.

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