Stamped ballot papers recovered from garbage dump in Karachi's Qayyumabad
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Around a dozen ballot papers were found from a garbage dump near Qayyumabad area of Karachi on Saturday, three days after the general elections were held across the country.
The ballot papers were reportedly recovered from a garbage dump and were allegedly stamped to favour the PPP candidate from NA-241 constituency, Moazzam Ali Qureshi, thus fuelling suspicion among the contesting parties over the electoral process.
Karachi East Zone DIG Amir Farooqi told Dawn that Qureshi himself approached police for lodging of FIR. The police have advised the candidate to approach the concerned district returning officer (DRO) to look into this matter and initiate a proper inquiry if need be, as initially, it was DRO’s responsibility.
“Around 10 to 12 ballot papers were recovered,” DIG Farooqi quoted the PPP candidate as saying.
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Jul 29, 2018 12:30am
The plot thickens.
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Jul 29, 2018 01:02am
Are these copies or original?
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Jul 29, 2018 01:09am
There’s your proof. This is a sham. The people of Pakistan may be powerless but don’t think the rest of the world is as helpless.
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Jul 29, 2018 01:37am
May be the voters changed ther minds and did not put in the ballot boxes and threw them in the garbage.
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Jul 29, 2018 02:16am
pre-planned action
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Jul 29, 2018 02:32am
Looks fake stories or papers
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Jul 29, 2018 02:45am
Investigation required to see who took away ballot papers. It could be polling agents of lòosing candidates who wants to give impression of rigging and want reelections on seat.
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Jul 29, 2018 02:47am
A dozen ballots? Means very little. They could even have been planted to make the election look bad. The people of Pakistan voted for Imran Khan. His victory will not be taken away.
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Jul 29, 2018 02:50am
First of all these have to be verified if they are genuine as the original ballot papers had security features in them its very easy to make colored print outs and stamp them to make a breaking news
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Jul 29, 2018 02:53am
PPP still playing dirty politics. They will never learn
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Jul 29, 2018 03:03am
Very interesting. There it must be a re-election please!!!
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Jul 29, 2018 03:22am
The chief election commissioner should withhold final results since stamped ballot papers were found in the garbage near th be polling station. This is very disturbing news and if gives credence to the parties that their representatives were kicked out by the authorities when counting started. The returning officer of the polling station should be charged with negligence and tried in court of law.
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Jul 29, 2018 03:40am
Sometimes you have to the rejection to accomplish selection.
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Jul 29, 2018 03:46am
These must be thrown by their polling agents after they saw that they cannot stuff ballot boxes with fake votes.
You can cook whatever excuses corrupt traitors. Go home.
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Jul 29, 2018 03:52am
Still no rigging ecp?
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Jul 29, 2018 04:24am
vote to feudal parties belongs to garbage dump anyways
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Jul 29, 2018 04:26am
Who discovered them? How did they manage to end up where they did? This must be investigated?
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Jul 29, 2018 04:43am
And you will see PTI supporters will be writing that " There is nothing wrong with the election. They were the cleanest elections". And the fact is they were the most rigged elections to give IK power by THEM.
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Jul 29, 2018 04:59am
Massively rigged selections I mean elections in Urban Sindh in 2018. People say that there is a limit to everything but it looks like there are no limits for anything in Urban Sindh.
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Jul 29, 2018 05:37am
Tip of an iceberg.
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Jul 29, 2018 05:48am
These tactics are very old now. PP and other anti Pakistanis parties should do something new.
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Jul 29, 2018 06:28am
Happens every election. Should be considered a normal now. Where were these same people who lost this time but had won in the last when similar events happened. They didn't care because they won
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Jul 29, 2018 06:29am
Fake papers for drama. Corrupt will go to jail, no hiding or dramas.
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Jul 29, 2018 06:42am
Need to put serial number on the papers
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Jul 29, 2018 07:53am
Strange 2 days in the trash and there isnt any dirt, food or water marks on the paper ?
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Jul 29, 2018 07:54am
So, the most fair elections in Pakistan's history?
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Jul 30, 2018 04:21pm
Is it a rocket science to telly the number of votes cast and number of ballot papers available in boxes?
If there is a short fall or excess, RO should be held responsible.
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Jul 31, 2018 02:52am
Another failure of outgoing government of PMLN .. They couldnt even select a good ECP.
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