Thousands of bogus votes have been pointed out in preliminary electoral rolls jointly prepared by NADRA and ECP for Balochistan and five teachers, who deliberately made double and fake entries, have also been traced. “We have traced five teachers involved in malpractice while efforts are underway to trace other involved teachers,” a senior ECP official said. “The ECP has directed the authorities concerned to take strict disciplinary/criminal action against the culprits involved in the scam to ensure transparency and fairness of electoral rolls at any cost,” an ECP spokesman said. He said that the scam was unearthed following complaint of MNA Yaqub Nasir and Balochistan Assembly Deputy Speaker Mattiullah Agha.
They had filed complaints in the ECP regarding abnormal increase in registered voters in Tehsil Dukki, Loralai on which the ECP ordered NADRA and the Balochistan provincial election commissioner to look into the matter. The PEC conducted an inquiry through the Loralai district election commissioner (DEC) wherein it was confirmed that such abnormal increase was noticed in various blocks. NADRA conducted a detailed analysis of the complaints using biometrix database and revealed that thousands of Form “Alif” and Form-II were filled in by a few individuals to migrate voters across Pakistan to Tehsil Dukki, Loralai.
