NA-122 probe: PTI terms NADRA's report proves elections were rigged

Shireen Mazari reiterates that NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq's mandate is fake

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) wasted no time in terming a forensic report on votes cast NA-122  an endorsement of their chairman Imran Khan’s stance that elections in the constituency had been rigged.

National Database and Registration Authority’s (NADRA) had on Saturday submitted its report to election tribunal probing rigging allegations. National Assembly Speaker, PML-N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq had defeated Imran in 2013 general elections on the seat.

PTI's information secretary Dr Shireen Mazari said that the “NADRA report had endorsed our point of view about rigging in elections.”

“We have been saying this from day one that Ayaz Sadiq’s mandate is fake.”

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She maintained that votes were polled on fake CNICs and added that entire nation now knew the truth.

Pointing to the report, Mazari claimed that it proves massive rigging took place in the constituency.

Meanwhile, Imran Khan also took to twitter to assert that with only 73,000 verifiable votes, NADRA had confirmed discrepancies in the election, questioning transparent polling in NA-122.

He also mentioned duplicity, out of constituency voting and counterfoils without thumbprints, adding there were 3,000 fake votes in addition to 12,000 fake CNICs.

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Earlier, NADRA chairman Usman Mobin had denied sharing a ‘pre-scan’ report on NA-122 with Imran Khan as this would affect a final verdict of the tribunal.

Reacting on Shireen Mazari’s statement, Information Minister Senator Parvez Rashid said ‘she was only telling lies like her leader (Imran Khan)’.

He claimed that NADRA report stated clearly that there had been no rigging in NA-122.

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Regarding unverifiable votes, he said thumbprints that could not be verified must have been of PTI voters as the workers were caught rigging during polling in NA-246 in Karachi.