Hafiz Naeem-Ur-Rehman of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, one of the candidates in last week’s controversial elections in Pakistan has rejected his victory because it was rigged in his favour.
Hewas declared winner of a provincial assembly seat PS-129 in the City of Karachi but claimed the candidate backed by Imran Khan’s PTI Party had secured far more votes and as such he would relinquish the seat.
“If anyone wants to make us win in an illegitimate manner, we will not be accepting that,” Mr Rehman said at a press conference held by his Party on Monday. He added: “public opinion should be respected, Let the winner wins, Let the loser loses, No one should get anything rxtra.”
He said that while he had received nore than 26,000 votes, the Independent Candidate Saif Bari, backed by the PTI, had received 31,000 votes, But these were presented as 11,000 votes.
But Pakistani Electoral Authorities have denied the allegations. It is unclear who will take up the PS-129 seat now.
