DADU, Aug 27: People’s Party Parliamentarians chairperson Benazir Bhutto has directed ADP candidates and PPP leaders to file petitions with the chief election commis-

sioner, mentioning names of government officials who interfered in polls and cast bogus votes.

She was addressing PPP leaders of the Dadu district on telephone at residence of former Sindh minister Pir Mazharul Haq on Friday.

She said government-backed candidates cast bogus votes with the connivance of the polling staff in the local body elections.

She demanded that the chief election commissioner should take notice of large-scale rigging in the polls.

She said the people of the country were brave as they always supported the PPP and fought against the dictators.

She directed Pir Mazharul Haq to receive applications from ADP candidates and send to the election commission.

MNA Rafiq Jamali told the party leader that cases were registered against candidates and supporters of the ADP at the behest of the Dadu Ittehad Panel.

Pir Mazhar told her that police had detained many polling agents of the ADP candidates and the Dadu Ittehad Panel candidates used government machinery.

ARRESTED: About 10 people were arrested by Rangers in Mehar taluka on the election day and automatic weapons were seized from them.

Rangers while on patrol in sensitive areas of Mangwani, Fareedabad and Balidai union councils arrested 10 suspects from different places.

Six rifles, six shotguns, six revolvers and lot of bullets and cartridges were recovered from them.

The accused were identified as Rahib, Dholan, Akan Khaskheli, Ranjhan and Ghulam Shabbir.

BOGUS VOTING: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Rafique Ahmed Jamali, former Sindh law minister Pir Mazharul Haq, former MPA Syed Ghulam Shah Jilani, Haji Zafar Ali Leghari have alleged that candidates of the Dadu Ittehad Panel won elections by casting bogus votes in rural areas with the help of police in the second phase of LB elections.

Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday, PPP leaders said that federal minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi was putting pressure on ADP candidates to get votes for his son, a candidate for the district nazim and taluka nazims.

They alleged that the federal minister was using police against ADP councillors and nazims, naib nazims to change their loyalty and forcing them to join the PML.

They said that Liaquat Jatoi had encamped in Dadu and he was misusing powers.

They said that his brothers, Sadaqat Ali Jatoi and Ihsan Ali Jatoi had cast fake votes in the polling stations in Mehar and Khairpur Nathan Shah talukas.

They said that the election process of district and taluka nazims was about to start, hence the Election Commission should take immediate notice of the activities of Liaquat Jatoi and provide protection to ADP councillors and nazims. Meanwhile, Liaquat Jatoi presided over a meeting of nazims, naib nazims, councillors of Dadu Ittehad Panel at the Jatoi house in Dadu town on Saturday.

Later, talking to newsmen, he refuted rigging allegations against DIP candidates and said that the meeting nominated, Karim Bux Jatoi as candidate of the district and Syed Mohammad Shah as candidate for the naib nazim.

CASES: Two separate cases were registered with Bhan Syedabad police on Saturday against a naib nazim candidate and his 19 supporters.

Bhan Syedabad police registered two cases against ADP naib nazim candidate for UC Bhan, Syed Sharif Shah, his brother Syed Lalan Shah, supporters Mohammad Usman Solangi, Porho Machhi, Ali Gul Machhi, Allah Bux Machhi and 14 others for forcibly entering polling station Syed Suleman Shah and aerial firing and casting bogus votes in Bhan Syedabad town on August 25.

They were arrested by Rangers with two double barrel guns and 27 cartridges.

The Bhan police also registered another case for violation of section 144 CrPC against Muneer Machhi, who is friend of Roshan Buriro, elected nazim from UC Bhan town from Sindh Dost Panel.