A PTI spokesperson has demanded a thorough and impartial audit of the election results in light of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency’s (Pildat) assessment report.

The spokesperson said the assessment report has raised alarming questions over the transparency, fairness and credibility of the elections and the electoral watchdog must address these concerns.

The tampered Form-45s, published by the electoral watchdog on its website days after the mandated timeline, was a sheer violation of the Election Act, 2017, and further exposed the plot of tampering, the PTI spokesperson claimed.

A spectacle was created in the name of elections to reimpose the clique who “destroyed the country and economy” during their 16-month rule. The spokesperson alleged that the public mandate was stolen “under state patronage”.

“An unconstitutional government established on a stolen mandate neither has the ability nor the capacity to take tough and solid decisions for the welfare of the nation.”

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