Balochistan CM elected with bogus votes: Imran

Published September 7, 2014
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. -File Photo
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. -File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch was elected through rigging and bogus votes.

The PTI chief made the claim while speaking to PTI supporters in Islamabad’s D Chowk.

He said that 600 votes of the opposing candidate to Dr Abdul Malik Baloch disappeared, and that the returning officer was changed in the poll to ensure Baloch won the election.

The PTI chief said during his speech that if a proper investigation was conducted on rigging in the election, the first culprit would be Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the second former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while the third culprit would be Najam Sethi, the caretaker Punjab CM during the election.

He also claimed that former prime minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali won the NA 266 seat through vote rigging and that 24,000 bogus votes were among his tally.

Imran Khan also said that the country’s rulers were liars who were shifting the cancellation of the Chinese president’s visit on him.

He said by allegedly offering him a position as deputy prime minister they put a small price on him.

“I am not the deputy prime minister, but God has given me some dignity…If I wanted power then I would have been a weak opponent of the government,” said Imran Khan.

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