Imran Khan welcomes judicial commission over rigging

HYDERABAD (Staff Report) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of a three-member judicial commission by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk to investigate the allegations of rigging in general elections 2013.

PTI Chairman, while addressing a news conference, said the commission will submit its report in next 45 days and the whole conspiracy of rigging shall stand exposed. “If the commission finds no rigging in the elections I will personally congratulate the government”, he promised.

Khan urged all political parties and activists to contact to the judicial commission to submit the evidences of rigging in general election of 2013 as it will help to establish an electoral transparency in Pakistan. This is happening in Pakistan for the first time that a full-scale inquiry is being held over rigging in election, he said.

Earlier Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk formed a three member judicial commission to investigate the allegations of rigging in general election 2013.

The judicial commission will be headed by Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk whereas the other two members are Justice Ejaz Afzal and Justice Amir Muslim Hani.

The first formal session of the commission will be held on Thursday at 1 PM in the building of Supreme Court in Islamabad.

The commission has been constituted after the president of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain issued an order on April 3 addressing to the chief justice to form a three member judicial commission to look into the allegations of rigging in the general polls of 2013.

The commission will complete its assigned task within the next 45 days.

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