Peshawar - Rejecting the mandate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday alleged that elections in Mardan, Peshawar and Kohat division were rigged.
“We will not accept PTI’s mandate in KPK, where election results have been rigged in favour of a party,” he said while talking to the media at the residence of former KPK chief minister Akram Khan Durrani in Hayatabad.
“The PTI rigged elections in Mardan, Peshawar and Kohat divisions of KPK as well as in certain parts of FATA. The PTI mandate has become controversial. So, it has been decided that JUI-F would start a series of protests against it. May 11 polls have now become controversial, as reports of rigging have also been received from various parts of the country, he added.
Holding the Election Commission of Pakistan responsible for the rigging, he said that the ECP failed to hold free, fair and impartial elections.
About forming the coalition government in KPK, the JUI-F chief said that he has contacted PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif, QWP, JI and independent elected representatives. “We will form a government based on true mandate of the people,” he added.
Fazl is still hopeful to form government in the province but the situation on the ground does not support his optimism, especially after the clear indication of the PML-N chief to respect the PTI mandate. The numbers game also narrates a different story.
The JUI-F has 13 members and requires 37 more to form the government. Even if it manages to win the support of PML-N, 12 MPAs, QWP and JI seven each, it would need another 11 members.