CHITRAL: The local PPP leaders have warned of boycotting re-polling in seven polling stations of PK-90, Chitral-II, on April 13, if the Pakistan Election Commission failed to stop the provincial government from ‘meddling’ in the election process.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the PPP general secretary Mohammad Hakim advocate and others alleged that provincial PTI president Azam Swati had encamped himself in the area to lure voters in favour of the candidate of PTI-allied All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).
They claimed that at the behest of party chief Imran Khan, the provincial government was engaged in worst pre-poll rigging to get the desired results.
He said that Mr Swati was announcing development schemes in the villages where re-polling would be held which was tantamount to pre-poll rigging.
He informed that national identity cards were being collected from the voters to deter them from casting ballots. He said voters should be allowed to use their right of franchise freely.
Mr Hakim said that PPP would have no option but to boycott the polling process if Azam Swati was not called back to Peshawar.
BOOKS SEIZED: Police on Wednesday recovered a large number of textbooks, meant to be distributed freely among students of public sector schools, from two bookshops here.
A police spokesman told Dawn that the books of class 4 to 6 were recovered from Shah Book Depot, Atalique Bazaar, and Noor Book Sellers at PIA chowk
He said that the police had started inquiry into the matter and criminal case would be registered against the shopkeepers for selling books with not-for-sale inscription.
The police official said the book sellers’ stance that they had purchased the books from Peshawar would also be investigated.
Source: Dawn
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