KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: PTI today challenged the NA-237 Karachi by-election result in the Sindh High Court while claiming that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had rigged the polls.
PTI leader and former Sindh Governor Imran Ismail filed a petition in the Sindh High Court on Tuesday wherein he claimed that PPP had rigged the election.
On Sunday, PTI Chairman Imran Khan won six of seven seats of National Assembly, he was contesting during by-elections. Khan has broken his own record of victory on five seats – the most by a single candidate in any election.
PTI chairman, however, lost the NA-237 Malir-II seat in Karachi to PPP’s Abdul Hakeem Baloch. Baloch defeated Imran Khan by securing 32,567 votes, 30% more than PTI chief’s 22,493 votes.
The PTI claimed that the Sindh election commissioner was on the provincial government’s payroll.
A day ago, the PTI chief alleged that the elections were held in the constituencies where PTI was weak and the ruling coalition fielded joint candidates to ensure his party’s defeat — but they failed.
He said that the government did not want to hold elections and was using the floods as an excuse.
“They said that there were floods. But in the constituencies where elections were held, they were not affected by the floods.”
PTI chief claimed that the Sindh election commissioner was on the provincial government’s payroll. He rejected the Karachi by-elections and demanded reelections.
He went on to claim that the PTI had won the ‘referendum’ by winning six seats.
