A day after Prime Minister Imran Khan criticised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for allowing “foul play” in the recent Senate elections, the commission issued a statement rejecting the “discussion and unhappiness” over the way polls for the upper house of parliament were conducted.
“It is a shocking matter that under the same staff in the same [election] under the same roof on the same day, [what they won] is acceptable and [what they lost] is unacceptable. Is this not open contradiction?” the commission questioned, adding: “The ECP rejects this.”
The statement came after a meeting of the ECP was held to discuss the remarks made by the prime minister during an address to the nation yesterday where he explained the political situation in the country that emerged after Wednesday’s Senate elections in which the opposition managed to stage an upset.
During his address, the premier called out the electoral body for “protecting those who made money by holding the Senate elections through secret ballot”.