Ex-Rawalpindi Commissioner Withdraws Rigging Allegations

Web Desk: Former Commissioner Rawalpindi Liaqat Ali Chatha has withdrawn all his allegations related to rigging the general elections 2024 saying he was “extremely ashamed, embarrassed”, and claimed that he did all this in coordination with a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader.

Chatha submitted his written statement to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in which he took full responsibility of his actions and surrendered before the authorities for any kind of legal action.

Chatha, in a dramatic development last Saturday, tendered his resignation, saying he was “guilty conscience” for abetting large-scale electoral rigging in all the constituencies of Rawalpindi division, further raising the political mercury in the country.

The commissioner, in a surprising news conference, took responsibility for the “rigging” that he claimed took place in Rawalpindi Division. Chatha claimed to have converted the losers into winners with a 50,000 votes margin.

Following the commissioner’s blasting allegations, the PTI, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), and other political parties — most of whom had already rejected the election results — demanded an investigation into the matter.

Chata had also accused Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa of facilitating the “rigging”.

However, withdrawing all his “rigging” allegations, Chatha revealed that all of this was done in coordination with a PTI leader.