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Nadra report unearths massive rigging in PS-114
[Pak Daily Times] A report of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Wednesday unearthed that elections at the provincial assembly seat (PS-114) in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... were massively rigged. Nadra submitted a report to election tribunal in Karachi headed by former judge Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani, in an election petition filed by Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... leader Abdur Rauf Siddiqui, who moved the election tribunal challenging the election results of winning candidate Irfanullah Khan Marwat. The PML-N leader, Marwat, had been declared as successful candidate from PS-114 defeating Abdul Rauf Siddiqui. Following Siddiqui's complaint, the election tribunal on Aug 3 directed the Nadra to verify the thumb impressions of voters of certain polling stations in the constituency. Nadra report said a total of 92,731 counterfoils were sent to it for verification and of them 14,234 ballot papers contained invalid national identity card numbers, which were never issued by Nadra. This bogus voting was observed in two different polling stations of the constituency polling station 64 and 69. Nadra report unearthed that the thumb impressions on 63,469 ballots could not be compared or matched through its system as the fingerprints were of very poor quality. It said that a total of 10,007 votes were successfully authenticated as the finger prints affixed on the counterfoils at the time ballot paper issuance correctly matched with finger print data of registered voters. It also found that there were 378 votes were found not registered in the constituency and the fact was ascertained on the basis of the CNIC numbers mentioned on the used ballot papers. This was observed mainly in three polling stations of constituency. Besides, the report said there were 792 duplicate votes, which were cast by as many as 1602 voters mainly in two polling stations. This information was extracted from capturing NIC number used on counterfoil as one CNIC (24301-1530723-0) of Bibi Jamila, a resident of Mehmoodabad polled her vote five times. As many as 581 ballot papers were found without having fingerprints on them. The report said that 3270 votes failed an authentication, because someone else voted against the CNIC number mentioned on the used counterfoils. It said that 44 votes were polled on one CNIC of Muhammad Arif Sattar, resident of Azam Town. Earlier, Nadra had submitted a report to the election tribunal regarding voter verification for NA-256 in Karachi, which had also revealed massive rigging in the elections. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-24 |
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