PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan has said the outgoing Rawalpindi commissioner, who has made explosive allegations of rigging during the Feb 8 polls, was a “non-party to elections”.

“Neither is he the returning officer nor is he the district returning officer […] he has no relation with the entire electoral process. He does not even have any interactive position with the ECP.

“He does not have any relation with the election or the tabulation of poll results. He has nothing to do with the entire process,” the PML-N leader added.

Ahmad further claimed that a “dangerous campaign” had begun against district returning officers to “incite hate” and followed a pattern similar to the May 9 saga.