2013 elections were fair, inquiry commission rejects Khan’s allegations

The sources say that the three-judge commission, headed by the Supreme Court Chief Justice and comprising Justice Ameer Hani Muslim and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan in its report have rejected all the three allegations levelled by the PTI.

Pakistan’s ruling party has been cleared of accusations made by the opposition of “organized rigging” during the 2013 election that brought Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to power.

He also told that Commission report will published on Ministry’s website.

Sharif said, “The Inquiry Commission report endorses the view that problems will be resolved in the Constitutional assemblies and not on roads and through sit-ins”.

However, he expressed his anger for not being provided with the copy of Judicial Commission’s inquiry report.

“According to the commission, the 2013 general elections were organized and conducted fairly and in accordance with the law”.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to address the nation today to take it into confidence over the upshots of the Judicial Commission formed to look into rigging allegations related to 2013 general elections. Noting that the federal government is bound by law to make the report public, Hamid said that it is expected that the government may make it public either late on Wednesday or on Thursday morning.

The commission had reserved its judgment on July 3 after completing its inquiry that lasted 86 days.

The report further said that allegations against those allegedly involved in the plan/design to influence the outcome of the elections also remained unsubstantiated by the evidence on record. The first hearing of the commission was held on April 9.

The report pointed to shortcomings by the Electoral Commission of Pakistan but said the evidence did not support claims the result was not a “true and fair reflection of the mandate given by the electorate”.