The charged leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and member parliament from Taxila Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Sunday reiterated his demand from election commission to deploy impartial polling staff besides deployment of Army inside and outside polling stations to avoid any clash during by polls in PP-7 comprising Taxila and Chakri.
Flanked by PTI candidate Ammar Sadeeq Khan and other leaders Mr Khan has expressed his distrust over proposed polling staff from provincial education department and police and termed them “politicized” and under influence of ruling PML-N.
The by election is scheduled to be held on September 26 in Taxila and Chakri- the hometown of his political arch rivalFederal Minister for interior Ch Nisar Ali Khan. The seat fell vacant after the death of provincial lawmaker Mohammad Siddique Khan, the brother of Ghulam Sarwar.
“How could be politically appointed employees of the provincial department and loyal deployed police cops would impartial during polling”. Questioned Mr Khan and said that if the ruling party tries to rig the polls, his party would resist their move at every cost. While expressing his reservation on the polling staff and fearing rigging in the by elections said the polling staff should not be chosen from the National Assembly’s constituencies NA-52 and NA-53. He said that only teachers from the Federal education department working under directorate of Federal government educational institutions for polling process and police officials from other cities should be deployed for outer security purposes besides deployment of army inside and outside the polling stations so that elections should be held in transparent and peaceful manners. He warned that if the ruling party tries to rig the polls through patwaris and their blue eyes cops, it would led to long lasting results and the government would be responsible for it. He also demanded from election commission to rescheduled the date to Saturday or Sunday so that voters of the area, who mostly are employees working in various defense industries of the area could cost their votes.
Responding a question, he did not rule out the visit and address of public rally by PTI Chief Imran Khan and added that consultation are continued over his visit. On this occasion, Jan Mohammad a seasoned PML local leader and former Vice Chairman Union Council Gari Skiandar also announced to join PTI along with his family and baradari.
