Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat said on Friday that he had filed a petition in the Supreme Court disputing the results of the recently held general elections for suspected “rigging” under Article 184/3 of the Constitution.
However, sources in the SC Registrar’s Office told Geo News that the plea has yet to be received.
“I have filed a petition against the elections,” Marwat informed News.
Marwat petitioned the Supreme Court to appoint a judicial panel to investigate claims of election tampering.
The judicial commission should consolidate election results throughout the country, including Rawalpindi.
In his petition, the politician also challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) committee, which was formed to investigate the allegations made by former Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaqat Ali Chatha, as well as the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and other members of the electoral authority.
“The appointment of the chief election commissioner and members should be cancelled. Marwat’s appeal sought that all Form-47s issued by the National and Provincial assemblies be invalidated.
Marwat’s constitutional appeal stated that the formation of federal and provincial governments should be halted, as well as the governments’ ability to issue orders.
This is not the first time a petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the February 8 poll results.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking re-election and annulment of the elections, imposing a Rs500,000 fine on the petitioner for failing to appear before the court.
The hearing on Brigadier (retd) Ali Khan’s plea was conducted by a three-member Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, which also included Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar.
Several political groups, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), and others, have expressed concern with the general elections’ transparency.
Doubts about the elections were further increased by comments made by now-former Rawalpindi Division commissioner Liaqat Chatha, who tendered his resignation on Saturday out of “guilty conscience” for abetting large-scale electoral rigging in the garrison city further raising the political mercury in the country.
