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PTI protests outside ECP to recount NA-122 vote
Protesters says NA speaker can’t hide his defeat behind a stay order
INPISLAMABAD – Expanding its scope of agitation, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protested outside Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office here on Tuesday over delay in NA-122 vote recount.
On the occasion, protesters said that Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who had won the election from this constituency in general election on May 11, 2013, cannot hide his defeat behind a stay order. PTI leaders Azam Khan Sawati, Aamir Mughal, local leaders and workers participated in the protest. Protesters chanted slogans against the government and burnt rulers' statutes on this occasion.
Addressing the protesters, the PTI leader said that Ayaz Sadiq has got stay order against vote recount in NA-122. He said that Ayaz Sadiq wanted to hide his rigging behind stay order. They demanded vote recount to be done immediately because Ayaz Sadiq cannot hide behind stay order for long.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk