Summary CJP Nasirul Mulk resumed hearing of the case pertaining to alleged rigging in general elections.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – The inquiry commission, which is probing into alleged rigging in 2013 general election, has directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to submit Form 15 of twelve constituencies within an hour, Dunya News reported.
During the case hearing, Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk remarked that 28% additional ballot papers were sent to these constituencies.
The Chief Justice hinted at issuing summons to the returning officers in the constituencies where extra ballot papers were dispatched, stating that numbers of ballot papers distributed in Punjab were determined by these officers.
The commission said 19% additional ballot papers were sent to Chaudhry Nisar’s NA-53 constituency in Rawalpindi whereas 17% additional papers were sent to PML-N candidate Malik Riaz’s NA-118 constituency in Lahore and 28% extra ballot papers were dispatched to Hamza Shahbaz’s constituency NA-119 in Lahore.
Earlier today, the commission’s amicus curiae KK Agha presented a three-page report, revealing that polling bags were not properly sealed and the bags were only tied with ropes.
KK Agha informed commission that he visited a record room where polling bags of hundred provincial assemblies and two hundred and fifty bags of National Assembly constituencies were kept. The polling bags were not kept in an arranged order, he added.
