ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi has said that to investigate the allegations leveled by former Commissioner Rawalpindi Liaquat Ali Chatha regarding rigging in the general election, a high-level investigation committee has been constituted.
While talking to media persons here on Monday after attending the meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, he said that legal process into the Chattha’s rigging allegations was underway and one need to be patient.
Murtaza Solangi said that the people should have trust in institutions and the judicial process and added that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was currently investigating the allegations of rigging.
Emphasizing the significance of waiting for the results of the ongoing legal proceedings, he said that the caretaker government had fulfilled its responsibility for conducting elections in free, fair and peaceful manner.
Responding to a query, the caretaker information minister explained that once the Election Commission released the final list of successful candidates, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs would forward a summary to the concerned for convening the new session of the National Assembly. Subsequently, a request would be made to the President to summon the session of the National Assembly, he added.
In a shocking ‘revelation’, Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha – who stepped down from his post – dropped a bombshell on Saturday, confessing to be involved in rigging the Pakistan general elections 2024, adding another layer of controversy to the already disputed polls.
Taking responsibility for what he termed a “heinous crime,” Chatha implicated not only himself but also accused the Election Commission of Pakistan and Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa of involvement in the ‘rigging’ — a claim denied by the ECP and the CJP.
