PTI to move SC against ‘rigging’ in Karachi, Hyderabad: Rehana Dar

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Rehana Dar said on Friday that her party was preparing a case against the alleged election rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad and would submit it before the chief justice of Pakistan.

Dar along with other leaders of the party, including Aftab Jehangir and Ali Palh, addressed a press conference in Karachi, expressing dissatisfaction with the recent general election results. She alleged that Pakistan Peoples Party lawmakers Hakim Baloch, Nabeel Gabol and Qadir Patel, as well Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leaders Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal were fraudulently declared victors, while PTI leaders like Haleem Adil Sheikh were defeated.

“We talk about women’s rights, but there is injustice happening to women here,” Dar said, highlighting her own legal challenges to the election results in Sialkot. “We have given them a legal and moral defeat.”

She said the PTI had filed legal cases against the election results, including six petitions to the Supreme Court and one to another court. An additional case concerning voters in Karachi and Hyderabad was being prepared for submission to the chief justice’s court, she said.

Dar said that injustice was being done to PTI founder and his wife. “The chief justice of Pakistan should take notice of this.” Palh said that they would continue their struggle against the alleged rigging in the election. Jehangir demanded of the chief justice to intervene, saying, “If justice is not served today, we will seek justice in the hereafter.”

He said that even MQM-P convener Khalid Mqbool Siddiqui acknowledged a shift in the election outcome. He said that the public frustration was growing and the PTI would challenge PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and MQM-P leader Siddiqui to accept defeat.

GDA to support PTI

The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) has announced its support for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) protests against alleging rigging in the general elections scheduled for Sunday across Sindh.

The announcement was made by GDA Chief Coordinator Syed Sadruddin Shah Rashidi at a press conference at his residence after a meeting of the GDA and allied parties.

Rashidi said the GDA and its allies had rejected the results of the recent general elections as they were fraudulent. He added that the protests would continue until the ‘bogus’ government was removed.

"We will continue our peaceful struggle until this illegitimate government goes home," he said. "We have to protect the people's votes." The GDA leader said the alliance would not participate in the upcoming presidential election. He added that the GDA supported the PTI's protest because it believes that the elections were rigged.

"We believe that the PTI is fighting for the rights of the people," he said. Other GDA leaders who were present on the occasion included Syed Zain Shah, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, Sardar Abdul Rahim, Masroor Siyal, Syed Jalal Shah Jamot, Mazhar Rahoojo, Barrister Hussain Mirza, Nand Kumar, Raja Azhar, Abdul Razzaq Raheem, Arbab Anwar and Engineer Abdul Karim Sher.