‘Bribery’ behind PTI’s defeat in Lodhran by-election, claims Imran

Author: Web Desk

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has on Thursday filed petition to seek acquittal and exemption from appearance in the Pakistan Television (PTV) and parliament building attacks case.

According to details, Imran Khan appeared before Anti-Terror Court (ATC) today and filed a petition requesting acquittal and exemption in the cases.

Talking to media after the appearance, Imran accused the opponents in Lodhran by-election of having bribed the voters.

It is pertinent to mention here that PTI candidate Ali Tareen, son of former secretary general of the party Jahangir Tareen, had lost the election by a massive margin of 27,000 on the seat vacated after his father was disqualified by Supreme Court over assets’ concealment. Jahangir Tareen had won this seat in a 2015 by-election by over 35,000 votes.

PTI chairman however lauded Ali Tareen for running a ‘successful’ campaign in Lodhran for the by-election while talking to media today.

He went on to claim that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had been trying to pressurise the courts through public statements into giving him a new ‘National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)’.

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