Electoral Rigging: PTI to conclude arguments today
More than 19,000 unused ballet papers and 63,000 used ballet papers were missing
LAHORE:
An election tribunal ordered the lawyer of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Hamid Zaman on Tuesday to complete his argument on a petition challenging Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Malik Riaz’s victory from NA 118 in the 2013 general elections. Anis Ali Hashmi, counsel for Zaman, told Judge Kazim Ali Malik that the elections had been rigged. According to a National Database and Registration Authority report, 23,000 bogus votes had been cast in the constituency. More than 19,000 unused ballet papers and 63,000 used ballet papers were missing. The judge asked Hashmi to complete his arguments on Wednesday (today).
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2015.
An election tribunal ordered the lawyer of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Hamid Zaman on Tuesday to complete his argument on a petition challenging Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Malik Riaz’s victory from NA 118 in the 2013 general elections. Anis Ali Hashmi, counsel for Zaman, told Judge Kazim Ali Malik that the elections had been rigged. According to a National Database and Registration Authority report, 23,000 bogus votes had been cast in the constituency. More than 19,000 unused ballet papers and 63,000 used ballet papers were missing. The judge asked Hashmi to complete his arguments on Wednesday (today).
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2015.