Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Barrister Gohar Khan has demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja immediately resign, saying that the CEC failed to hold elections in a free, fair and transparent manner. \u201cAfter meeting Khan sahib today, the PTI demands that the CEC resign, he has no right to stay in the position for a single day,\u201d Barrister Gohar Khan said at a media talk outside Adiala Jail. He demanded that all the inquiries into poll discrepancies should be impartial and without any interference. \u201cWe want the election results to be in accordance with the mandate of the public,\u201d Gohar added. Barrister Gohar Khan has warned that the International Monetary Fund programme would be \u201cdamaged\u201d if the poll results were not in accordance with Form 45s. He said Pakistan could not afford further political turmoil and demanded that the same could only be prevented by the announcement of \u201cfree poll results\u201d. Gohar Khan has called former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaqat Ali Chattha a \u201cwhistleblower\u201d who unveiled details about \u201cpoll rigging\u201d. \u201cWe demand that his life and his children\u2019s security must be ensured so that he can take part in any inquiry,\u201d he said. Last week, Chattha had accused the Election Commission of Pakistan and Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa of involvement in the \u201crigging\u201d \u2014 a claim denied by the electoral watchdog and the top judge. PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan says the Election Commission of Pakistan failed to fulfil its responsibility in \u201cevery step of the way\u201d. At a press conference in Islamabad, he said Form 45s were the ECP\u2019s responsibility and the returning officers were bound to announce results according to these documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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