ECP takes notice of Imran Khan, Shehbaz Sharif's media talk on polling day

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan has taken a notice of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief, Imran Khan as well as Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif's media talk minutes after they cast their votes on Wednesday.

According to a statement issued by the electoral body, direct interaction with media is in flagrant contradiction with the code of conduct devised earlier.

انصاف اور قانون کے دعویدار چئیرمین تحریک انصاف کی طرف سے کیمروں کی موجودگی میں انتخابی قوانین اور ضابطہ اخلاق کی کھلی خلاف ورزی ، بیلٹ پیپر پہ سب کے سامنے مہر لگائی۔ الیکشن کمیشن کے با اختیار ہونے کا واضح ٹسٹ pic.twitter.com/Eh7jEVasLZ

— Arshad Waheed Ch (@arshad_Geo) July 25, 2018

The election watchdog further stated that Imran Khan cast his vote for the 11th general Elections while showing it publicly, which was contradictory to the CoC.

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Moreover, the ECP has also taken notice of the media interaction of former foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif.

Let it be known that scores of politician interacted with media after using their right to franchise including Chief of Muttahida Majlis e Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, former interior minister Rehman Malik, Pak Sarzameen party chief Mustafa Kamal, former Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, former speaker of the national Assembly Ayyaz Sadiq, PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar and plenty of others.