Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said it ended recently first phase of Local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa again brought to light the issue of a large number of rejected by ballot due to double stamping.
In a tweet, Khan said the same problem has been highlighted in the report of the judicial commission on 2013 general elections.
پختونخوا کےبلدیاتی انتخابات میں دوہرے نشان کےباعث مسترد ووٹوں کامسئلہ پھر سے سامنےآیاہے 0.2013 کےعدالتی کمیشن کی رپورٹ میں بھی اسکی نشاندہی کی گئی تھی.مخالف امیدوار کےووٹوں کومسترد کروا کر انتخاب میں دھاندلی کی صلاحیت ان وجوہات میں سےایک ہےجن کےباعث اسٹیٹس کو EVM کی مخالفت کرتاہے۔ fototwitter.com/q4mVQE5XFn
– Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 16, 2022
Said the ability manipulate the elections by obtaining the opponent party’S votes rejected is one of the reasons why the status quo is opposed to proposals for electronic voting machines (EVM).
Pakistani candidate of Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Umar Amin Gandapur won the seat of mayor of Dera Ismail Khan by defeating Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Muhammad Kafeel Nizami of over 20,000 votes.
Second unofficial results of all 296 polling stations, Gandapur secured 63,753 votes while Kafeel Nizami of JUI bagged only 38,891 votes.
Pakistani People’s Party (PPP) candidate Faisal Karim Kundi remained third with 32,788 votes.
