PESHAWAR: Former provincial minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra said that despite the testimony of the two presiding officers, the Election Commission is still not taking his election case seriously, saying that the decision, which was possible in six hours, took 20-hour, which raises questions regarding the impartiality of the Election Commission.
Addressing a Press conference in Peshawar, a former provincial Minister said that the Secretary of the Election Commission has written a letter to the Anti-Corruption against him, which is totally baseless, while his genuine appeal regarding election rigging was constantly ignored. Taimur Saleem Jhagra said that he had requested the Election Commission to stop the case against him and focus on the original decisions which are pending in the court. “It has been 20 months since the election, but they have not taken any action yet on the issue of Form 47”, he informed. He said that in his case, two officers submitted their statements, and after that, the Election Commission came to its senses. Two presiding officers in Anti-Corruption have said in a statement that their signatures are not on the form, and after this, the Election Commission should have taken notice of this matter.
He said that instead of investigating, the Election Commission wrote a letter to the Anti-Corruption. If the Election Commission is impartial, then it should investigate the matter in the light of the Commonwealth report, Taimur Saleem Jhagra said.
The Secretary of the Election Commission had taken leave due to illness on that day, and everyone was surprised when the report came in the morning after the counting on the election day, Taimur Saleem Jhagra said.
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