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AFTER ELECTIONS. A Pakistani resident looks at morning newspapers on display after the Islamabad legislative elections of July 26, 2018. Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan's top election official has repudiated allegations of rigging on Thursday, July 26, defending a continuous delay in the formal voting account as a technical issue.
The ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) rejected the pending election results on Wednesday, July 25, citing "
The Pakistan Election Commission (ECP) has denied these assertions, claiming that a new system of electronic results had suffered from unexpected problems
the elections were 100% fair and transparent, "said Chief Electoral Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza on Thursday. comments after the closing of the polls.
Raza did not specify when the electoral authorities
The comments reflected similar remarks made by the secretary of the CEP a few hours ago.
PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif – brother of former imprisoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif – alleged that elections "cause irreparable damage to the country."
As election workers poured mounds of paper ballots, other major parties – including the Pakistan People's Party – joined the fray, alleging that the account was being manipulated. The controversy follows a bitter campaign season marked by allegations of interference from the country's powerful army, accused of being the beneficiary of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf election (PTI) from the ex cricket Imran Khan
. the clashes between the PTI and the PML-N, election analysts saying the fight was still too tight
The PML-N claims that he was the target of inations. His former leader, Nawaz, was ousted from power last year and sentenced to jail time for corruption a few days before the vote, eliminating Khan's most dangerous rival. – Rappler.com
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