Rigging allegations: LB polls expose Imran’s lies, says Pervaiz Rashid

PTI chief should apologise for misleading nation during sit-ins, says Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday that Saturday’s local body polls in cantonment boards had exposed the lies Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan had uttered on the container.

“We are thankful to the people of these areas as their decision in these polls has validated the transparency of general elections held in 2013,” Pervaiz Rashid said. He was speaking to the media after attending the closing ceremony of 6th National Book Festival as chief guest at Pak-China Friendship Centre in Islamabad.



The minister said that people of cantonment boards had reiterated their decision of 2013, when they elected Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with a heavy mandate. “In these polls, there was no General Kayani, no (chief justice) Iftikhar Chaudhry, no (acting chief minister) Najam Sethi and no ROs, but the result remained the same. If those people had influenced the general elections, the results in local body polls should have been different now,” he added.

Pervaiz Rashid said that in LB polls in cantonment boards, people punished PTI for its negative politics.

“PML-N’s success rate in LB polls in cantonment boards in Punjab has remained over 50%, which means people of Punjab have reposed full confidence in the Punjab and federal governments. Whereas, PTI got just 33% success in K-P, which shows majority of the people in the province have rejected its policies,” he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 27^th, 2015.