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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Acting CEC takes notice of alleged rigging in NA-256, NA-258KARACHI: Acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani on Wednesday took note of alleged rigging in two constituencies in Karachi. The acting CEC ordered a probe into the revelation that magnetic ink was not used in NA-256 and NA-258. In its order, he asked for explanation from the Sindh Election Commission as to why the magnetic ink was not arranged. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) chief Tariq Malik had appealed to the acting CEC to investigate the matter. On Monday, a NADRA report revealed that that over 57,000 votes could not be verified in the constituency as magnetic ink was not used during voting. It further disclosed that 5,893 duplicate and 1,950 fake votes were cast in the election. Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Iqbal Muhammad Ali had won the seat. His win was later challenged by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Muhammad Zubair Khan. In NA-258, only 2,400 of the total votes cast in the NA-258 constituency, Karachi, were genuine, according to the NADRA. PML-N’s candidate Abdul Hakim Baloch had won on this seat. inp
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