By Amjad Yousaf Zai
TAXILA: Aimed at allegations of rigging and foul play, PTI candidate from Taxila national assembly constituency NA-54 Azra Masood has vowed to fight till the last ball through “legal match” as over 0.1 million voters mandate was manipulated. She was talking to newsmen after addressing a protest rally taken out against rigging and foul play over Thursday polling allegedly by election commission staff after addressing a women convention. The convention was arranged by PTI women wing Rawalpindi district president Kalsoom Chaudhry and PTI women wing Taxila chapter President Shazia Azhar.
She said that the election tribunal has accepted the appeal of her and the party candidate from provincial assembly constituency of PP-12 Taxila Saad Ali Khan and she is much optimistic that the court would uphold justice and expose those who tried to steal public mandate through foul play. “According to Form 45, we emerged victorious; and opponents were defeated. We condemn this manipulation. This is Pakistan’s biggest scam. If this was the intention, why waste the money and time of Pakistanis? This is not an election; it’s a selection.” Said Ms Masood. Responding to a question, she rejected the election results alleging rigging and foul play and demanded early release of form 45 by returning officer (RO).
PTI women wing Rawalpindi district president Kalsoom Chaudhry in her address has said that PTI activists have played the front line warrior during electioneering and on polling day. She said that women activists carried out door to door campaigns in connection with electioneering of PTI candidates. She said that the women activists not only took active part in the electioneering but also post-election protest against alleged rigging and foul play.
Speaking on this occasion, Shazia Azhar President PTI women wing Taxila chapter has said that the women activists carried out their electioneering campaign in the toughest time in the political history of the country. She said that even meetings of the women were not allowed within the premises and the female activists were facing threats and harassment. She said that the women convention was held in token of thanks for the women activists who played a key role in getting masses’ support for the PTI candidates in one national and two provincial assembly constituencies of the area. Earlier, the women activists of PTI took out a protest rally to condemn the alleged rigging and foul play in the Thursday general elections. They raised slogans in favor of their demands and against the election commission.
