Following Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha’s explosive comments about alleged rigging in the February 8 national elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has called for the formation of a judicial committee to investigate the claims.
“Commissioner Chatha’s statement affirmed the PTI’s stance,” Gohar remarked during a press conference with Omar Ayub Khan in Islamabad on Sunday. “The commissioner raised his voice due to his sense of right and wrong.”
Chatha resigned from his office the day before in protest over electoral irregularities on February 8 under his watch, admitting that “they converted the losers into winners with 50,000 votes margin.”
The official stated that he was under pressure from social media and overseas Pakistanis and had even tried suicide.”13 National Assembly candidates, who were losing, were made to win by a margin of up to 70,000 votes,” the outgoing commissioner added.
