The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against alleged rigging in National Assembly constituency NA-71, Mianwali.
The petition said the NA-71 polls should be declared null and void.
It said that the ECP order verification of the votes through thumb impression and check the record of ballot papers. The PTI also submitted a CD and documentary evidence.
Speaking to reporters, PTI lawyer Babar Awan said the NA-71 was the biggest case of election rigging and said he would present more evidence in this regard.
PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the disqualification of Ayla Malik from contesting in the NA-71 Mianwali 1 by-elections in July on the grounds that she had a fake degree was a ploy to keep her out of the elections and therefore the election was unfair.
Qureshi said that code of conduct was violated during the election campaign in Mianwali. The Punjab government, he said, had pledged several developmental projects ahead of the polling.
“Ayla Malik was disqualified while her appeal was also not heard,” he said.
He added that it is the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to check this and keep the elections clean and unbiased.