Govt Ready To Investigate Allegations Of Rigging In Elections

State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan Tuesday said incumbent government is very much ready to investigate the allegations of rigging in general election and same was agreed in the maiden session of the National Assembly through constituting a committee to probe those charges.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Sep, 2018 ) :State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan Tuesday said incumbent government is very much ready to investigate the allegations of rigging in general election and same was agreed in the maiden session of the National Assembly through constituting a committee to probe those charges.

He said this in Senate during debate on third progress, monitoring and inquiry report of the Standing Committee on Interior on the General Election, 2018 presented in the House.

It is to mention that National Assembly approved formation of a special committee to probe allegations of rigging in General election 2018.

State Minister said elections were not conducted by PTI and we had also remained among the affectees of election rigging. From the day first after coming into power, it was agreed to probe into these allegations and to constitute a committee having equal representation from the treasury and opposition benches.

He said same was decided in the meeting attended by PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto, PML-N MNA Khawaja Asif and ANP MNA Ameer Haider Khan Hoti.

To the objections raised by the Senators for not giving representation to the Upper House in this Committee, the minister said Senate is the House of Federation and PTI looks this House as `supreme'.

Senator Azam Swati appreciated the efforts of Standing Committee on Interior for preparing this report. He said result Transmission System was introduced by NADRA and this system was put in place to make elections controversial.

He said Chief Election Commissioner and members of Election Commission were appointed by the previous government and the opposition.

Taking part in debate earlier, Senator Raza Rabbani criticized the government over constituting a committee to investigate about allegations of election rigging without representation to members of Senate.

He said Senators did not care over neglecting them for representation from this committee but the Senate would not be bound to follow the recommendations of the Committee if the legislation is required after it.

MQM lawmaker Nighat Mirza demanded to conduct consensus again in Karachi and alleged that fair counting of population was not made in the recently held consensus.

PKMAP lawmakers Usman Kakar, Sardar Muhammad Azam Khan Musakhel, Independent Senator Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah, PML-N Senator Pervaiz Rasheed demanded to promote the democratic norms in the country.

Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani assured the House that Parliamentary Committee constituted for the purpose would have representation from the Senate. "I would ensure representation from Senate if it is Parliamentary Committee," he said.

Later, the House adopted this progress report on the general election moved in the House following motion under sub-rule (1) of rule 196 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of business in the Senate.