Barrister Gohar accuses ECP of failing to conduct the by-elections on 21 national & provincial seats transparently
Says Parliament should consist of genuine public representatives with popular support
GUJRAT ,NAROWAL,LAHORE ( Web News )
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan criticised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday, accusing it of failing to conduct the by-elections on 21 national and provincial seats transparently.
Speaking to reporters outside the Khattala polling station in Gujrat’s PP-32 constituency, Barrister Gohar called the by-elections a farce, arguing that parliament should consist of genuine public representatives with popular support, rather than those installed through electoral malpractice.
Barrister Gohar declared that the PTI would not recognise the results of the PP-32 constituency by-polls.
Asked about the death of a political worker from the PML-N in Narowal, Barrister Gohar expressed sadness and stressed the importance of respecting differing opinions among political workers from opposing parties.
Responding to a question about the PTI founder, Barrister Gohar stated that efforts to distance him from the public would not succeed. He expressed optimism about the founder’s imminent release.
Barrister Gohar also mentioned that the PTI founder had been served three sentences within a span of five days, noting that one judge was even compelled to delay his son’s walima ceremony.
A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) worker died while three people were injured in violence during by-elections on Sunday.
In a tragic turn of events, Muhammad Yousaf, a 60-year-old worker of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Narowal constituency PP-54, met a fatal end in a clash between supporters of PML-N and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The incident occurred at Kot Najo village where tension between the opposing political factions boiled over into violence.
According to sources familiar with the situation, a dispute erupted between PML-N and PTI voters, escalating into physical confrontation. In the midst of the altercation, members of the opposition party reportedly struck Yousaf on the head with a stick. Despite efforts to rush him to hospital, Yousaf succumbed to his injuries before getting medical assistance.
A clash erupted between workers of the PML-N and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) at the Government Primary School, Nizampura in Sheikhupura district’s Ferozawala tehsil constituency PP-139.
As firing began, women voters started running in panic to save their lives. The Ferozwala police remained a silent spectator as the activists continued to throw punches at each other. Polling remained suspended as a result of violence.
An ECP official later said in a statement that voting resumed as extra police personnel have been deployed to maintain peace.
Meanwhile, in a polling station set up in Lahore College in NA-119 constituency, PTI and PML-N workers clashed with each other. Police personnel deputed there pacified the mob.
Similar incidents were reported from two polling stations of the PP-149 constituency where the PTI and IPP workers confronted each other. It is reported that Mughalpura police took an IPP worker into custody and shifted him to a police station.
Meanwhile Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar Advocate has condemned the killing of PML-N worker Muhammad Yousuf in Narowal.