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ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Postal Foundation Press has on Tuesday confessed before the judicial commission, headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, that 4.1 million ballot papers were printed without serial numbers, reported Dunya News.
Deputy Director Provincial Election Commission Lahore Abdul Waheed told the commission that the 26-April ballot papers were printed upon the demand of Returning Officers. Former DG Budget ECP told that Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) gave the security clearance for Postal Foundation Press.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Abdul Hafeez Pirzada told the commission that ballot papers were not published upon RO’s demand in any province other than Punjab.
Manager Printing Corporation Fazalur Rehman told the commission that Postal Foundation Press printed 4,191,000 ballot papers without numbers while they had to hire extra men for their numbering and binding. He told that Postal Foundation Press was given the payment at the end of May, 2015.
When Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) lawyer Khalid Ranjha declared the ROs as responsible for the alleged rigging, Chief Justice said that ROs cannot be held responsible for the alleged rigging only because they didn’t give someone the notice while giving the final results. Chief Justice said that nobody should be blamed without proof.
Commission’s proceedings will continue on Wednesday.
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