ECP rejects allegations of political parties

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has dismissed allegations of local government (LG) election rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions due to delayed results, ARY News reported on Monday.

In a statement, the ECP spokesperson dismissed the rigging claim, saying the results were timely and correct. LG poll results should not be compared to general election results, the spokesperson added.

The spokesperson informed that each Returning Officer (RO) had at least five CUs, which delayed the publication of the polling results.

The election watchdog added the prepared results to an Excel sheet on the computers, reminding critics that there was no results transmission system (RTS) in place during local government elections.

He pointed out that the results of the first phase of local government elections were obtained in three days, urging political parties to avoid such accusations.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the full results of the 235 Trade Union Councils (CUs) in Karachi Division after the Local Government (LG) polls.

ARY News took the initiative to report the full poll results from Karachi LG after the election commission announcement.

The latest party position released by the ECP showed that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had the largest number of seats with 93 in the Karachi division after LG polls.

The PPP is followed by 86 seats won by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in the Karachi LG polls, PTI in third place with 40 seats, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) with 7 seats, Jamiat Ulema-e- Islam (JUI) with 3 independent candidates with 3 seats and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) with 2 seats.

Hafiz Naeem expresses his dissatisfaction with the results

Karachi Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has expressed his displeasure with the LG poll results released by the ECP. He said he has called a meeting and they will approach CE Sindh today.

He said JI won the most seats in accordance with Form 11, but the final results showed a reduction of eight political party seats. Hafiz Naeem said JI won 94 seats in total as per Form 11.

Regarding the talks for Karachi mayoralty, Hafiz Naeem said JI will not start talks with any political party until its seat count is corrected. He added that they had beaten PTI in recent LG polls and that PTI had accepted JI’s mandate. Naeem added that JI will definitely hold talks with Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf.

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