Summary Hamid Mir also appeared before JC, said he talked about rigging in all provinces in his programs
ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Senior journalists Hamid Mir and Najam Sethi appeared before the Judicial Commission (JC) on Monday and got their statements recorded. They were questioned by the lawyers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), on this occasion. Hamid Mir said that he discussed rigging allegations in all four provinces and tribal areas in his programs after elections, reported Dunya News.
Responding to a question, Hamid Mir said that he had talked about more than 100% polling at certain polling stations on the behalf of FAFEN report. “Joint Religious Front candidate Shah Abdul Aziz brought a sack full of ballot papers in my program. PTI was victorious from that constituency”, he said. Mir also presented a ballot papers’ book from NA-223 before the commission.
Former caretaker chief minister of Punjab Najam Sethi said while answering the questions by PML-N and PTI lawyers that he knew nothing about ECP’s demand of 200 men for printing of ballot papers. He said that when Chairman PTI Imran Khan objected to Qamar Uz Zaman’s appointment as Chief Secretary Punjab, Javed Iqbal was appointed in his place.
PTI lawyer Abdul Hafeez Pirzada demanded that the ECP should bring forward the record of its demand for ballot papers. He said that Imran Khan would not object to opening the ballot bags in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP) if there are any rigging allegations. He said that he would also present Imran Khan as witness.
