ECP biased against PML-N: Ayaz Sadiq

Author: Staff Report

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Saturday accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of holding a bias against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

The PML-N leader said that Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Raza Khan did not even respond to his phone call and left his office without meeting the party representatives. “I am still speaker of the National Assembly,” he said at a press conference along with the former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Marriyum Aurangzeb. The attitude of ECP chairman is ‘regrettable’, he added.

In a media talk held to respond to Sadiq’s press conference, ECP spokesperson Altaf Khan said that the NA speaker came to visit the office as representative of his party. He said the ECP chief went home early due to the absence of other members. “We have received all requests and complaints on voting,” he said. “We won’t be influenced or pressurized by the tactics being adopted by the PML-N.”

Commission says won’t be pressurised by PML-N tactics

Published in Daily Times, July 29th 2018.

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