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As Pakistan Elections results are awaited, the Election Commission of Pakistan was accused of rigging he vote counting process on Friday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI), founded by former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, claimed that “Nawaz Sharif should be ashamed of himself for stealing public mandate”.
Are voted being rigged in Pakistan elections? Here are some claims
Imran Khan’s PTI shared a document on X (formerly known as Twitter) and claimed that “the number of total valid votes (in NA 130 Lahore constituency where Nawaz Sharif contested) is greater than total number of votes casted”.
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As the document, which was also retweeted by Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz, circulated on social media, one of the users tweeted, “Another proof of rigging in Pak elections; Total votes polled 293k, Total valid votes 294k.”
In another post, the party alleged, “Unusual number of votes rejected in NA-151 (more than 2x the winning margin)”.
Meanwhile, Pakistani journalist Maleeha Hashmey shared a document signed by the returning officer, noting that many candidates, other than Nawaz Sharif, in NA130-Lahore constituency, had got no votes at all. “…how come all the other candidates have ZERO votes?,” she asked.
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