We were not prepared for PML-N rigging tactics again: Imran
ISLAMABAD: In his first comment after Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Aleem Khan lost the contest for the coveted NA-122 seat, party chairman Imran Khan has said that his party will counter the "rigging tactics by PML-N" that they "were not prepared for again."
On Sunday, PTI’s Abdul Aleem Khan lost the by-election in NA-122 to PML-N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq however, PML-N candidate Mohsin Lateef was defeated by PTI’s Shoaib Siddiqui in PP-147 constituency, which falls within NA-122.
In a series of tweets posted Monday, Imran termed the outcome of by-elections a "moral victory for PTI" saying that this election would strengthen the PTI as it had challenged the PML-N with its government power.
The PTI chief went on to say that his party will "learn from our mistakes".
In a separate tweet, Imran said his party is investigating the number of "PTI votes thrown out of NA-122 at the last minute", adding that they will approach the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after the probe.
While no major complaints of rule violations or rigging had been received, the commission said it had gotten around 35 smaller complaints in NA-122.
The PTI chief also congratulated Aleem Khan for "his hard work and persistence against two PML-N governmental machineries."
We accept the results, but with reservations: Sarwar
On Monday evening, PTI's candidate for NA-122, Aleem Khan, and leader Chaudhry Sarwar addressed a press conference, during which they said that the results of the by-election were acceptable to the PTI.