PTI's Yasmin moves ECP against ‘anomalies’ in NA-125

E-Paper | June 14, 2026

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate Dr Yasmin Rashid, who had contested the 2013 general election against Nawaz Sharif, has filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan about irregularities in her [newly delimited] NA-125 constituency.

In her petition, she claimed that the population in 1200 block codes was surprisingly less than the number of voters. In her petition, she gave examples of 50 block codes explaining more voters than the population.

In 2013, Dr Rashid stated that the total number of voters in her constituency were 321,000 but the number of voters had increased to 464,000. She asked from where these 143,000 voters came in.

Meanwhile, speaking to media persons, Dr Rashid said she had pointed out irregularities in her constituency and now it was up to the judiciary and the election commission to take notice and set the things right.

She stated that she had also filed a petition with Returning Officer Asif Bashir against PML-N candidate Maryam Nawaz for continuation of development works in NA-125 despite the issuance of election schedule.

Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2018

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Amjad Durrani Engineer USA

Jun 07, 2018 09:51am

The cry of foul play is in the offing as NL will try tooth & nail to keep these seats which it has been retaining for the past two elections. The PTI which has made few inroads into some of the constituencies but it would be interesting to see if they would be able to break the juggernaut hold of NL in their long held domain.As a matter of this particular constituency from where Maryam is contesting holds very high stakes for the party & they will play all tricks of the trade to be able to retain it.This seems the case as the PTI complainant apart from pointing substantial increase in the number of voters, has also drawn returning officer’s attention towards development work being carried out despite announcement of election date.With Punjab being a deciding factor to the fate of winner who for all practical purposes would be running the next government in Islamabad, the coming election happening in the hottest month, would further raise the heat due to ongoing allegations of foul play

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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan

Jun 07, 2018 11:52am

Finally PTI has realised the census and delimitations were done under the administration of PML-N and PPP. The electoral system is completely rigged. Change under the current system is near to impossible. The nation should stay away from these elections till the electoral system is revised and scrutinized.

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Ahsan Gul

Jun 07, 2018 02:20pm

Yes, Dr is right. Voters and population must be reconciled before elections day.

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Bill

Jun 08, 2018 08:07am

She claims the population in 1200 block codes was surprisingly less than the number of voters. She is the only one surprised.

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