Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha has said that “independent candidates who were winning” the election were made to lose.

When asked by reporters in Rawalpindi if there were “irregularities” in the electoral process and if the local returning officers had delayed the transmission of results, Chatha said that irregularities was a “small term” for it.

“We made to lose the independent candidates who were winning [the election] with a lead of 70,000-80,000 votes by putting on fake stamps,” he added.

“There is no pressure on me,” the commissioner said, adding that he “could not become a part of breaking this country”.

 Liaquat Ali Chatha speaks to reporters in Rawalpindi. — screengrab via Tahir Naseer
Liaquat Ali Chatha speaks to reporters in Rawalpindi. — screengrab via Tahir Naseer

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