Holding of by-elections not based on facts: Supreme Court

Holding of by-elections not based on facts: Supreme Court

Islamabad: (Monday, January 23, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan today while responding to the Chief Election Commission of Pakistan with regards to his statement regarding holding by-elections within 60 days, said that it was
not based on facts.

Earlier, through issuing a statement, on January 19, the apex court had stopped the election commission of Pakistan from holding the by-elections on old voters’ lists which was rife with over 30 million unverified voters.

This fact was also pointed out by the Supreme Court that the earlier lists built by Election Commission of Pakistan and NADRA contained more than 37.7 million bogus votes.

Responding to the chief election commission’s remarks that it was its duty to hold by-polls within 60 days, the court said that it was ECP’s responsibility to hold the elections on verified and authentic voters’ lists.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Jan 23 2012. Filed under Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry