ISLAMABAD: Commissioner Rawalpindi’s claims have been categorically refuted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which asserts that it never gave him instructions to rig elections.
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Prior to this, Commissioner Rawalpindi Liaqat Ali Chatta resigned from his position after confessing to election tampering in the Rawalpindi division.
A representative for the ECP stressed that the commissioner was not given orders from above to rig the results of the election or tamper with the voting process.
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Commissioner Rawalpindi’s assertions are further undermined by the spokesperson’s emphasis that divisional commissioners are not appointed as District Returning Officers (DROs), Returning Officers (ROs), or Presiding Officers.
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To find out the truth and protect the integrity of the election process, the ECP has promised that the issue will be thoroughly investigated.
