ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) gave a countrywide peaceful protest call on March 2 against the biggest mandate theft, which was called as mother of all rigging, urging all democratic forces to join the peaceful protest against the polls robbery so as to take the stolen public mandate back.
PTI senior leader Sher Afzal Marwat made the announcement during a press conference along with the PTI Balochistan leadership and central party leaders held to expose the massive election rigging carried out against PTI in Balochistan, who were denied victory despite clear lead for standing firmly with their leader Imran Khan even in the face of all threats and intimidations.
PTI central leaders Ali Muhmmad Khan, Shandana Gulzar Khan, Zain Qureshi, Meher Bano Qureshi, PTI’s candidates from Balochistan including Salar Khan Kakar, Ghaffar Kakar, Sardar Babar Musakhel, Noor Khan Khilji, Sardar Doda Shahwani and Saddam Tareen were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Sher Afzal Marwat announced that the unlawfully incarcerated party Chairman-for-life Imran Khan directed that the nation should stage a peaceful protest across the country on Saturday against the large scale polls heist on the February 8 elections.
He said that during a meeting with Imran Khan, he was entrusted with responsibility to lead the PTI’s protest in Islamabad on Saturday between 11 and 12 noon.
Marwat stated that if the nation did not raise voice against mega polls theft, democracy would never flourish in Pakistan.
Speaking about the mega polls robbery in Balochistan, PTI leader said that the issue of election rigging in Balochistan was presented before the ECP but of no good, while the electoral watchdog was too quick to decide cases against PTI, as the party’s candidate’s victory was converted into defeat in recount.
Speaking on the occasion, Ali Muhmmad Khan said that the fundamental rights of the people of Pakistan were stolen through large scale rigging across the country especially in Balochistan.
He stressed that the public should be allowed to exercise its right to choose a government. He said that PTI did not against any party or institution but they wanted the public mandate must be respected.
Ali Muhammad Khan stated that PTI wanted to make it ensure that the decisions concerning the country should be taken inside the country rather than taking them in London or Washington.
About Maryam Nawaz’s election as the chief minister of Punjab, he said that he had nothing against her and would have congratulated the PML-N leader if she had won her seat through votes.
Ali Muhammad Khan asked: “The common man has the right to elect his representatives after five years, which his last weapon to fix the country, if you take away this right from him and install viceroys of your choice, then what will happen to them?”
“It is not a personal fight, it is a matter of people’s mandate. If we want to save democracy in Pakistan, then give it to the one who has the mandate,” he added.
“We requested CJP to probe into Commissioner Rawalpindi allegations regarding the massive polls theft,” he demanded.
PTI senior leader Zain Qureshi stated: “We stand with our Balochistan brothers because this war is neither for any individual nor for PTI rather this battle is for the mandate of the people of Pakistan.”
“We also assure the people that we will fight for their rights until getting the stolen public mandate back,” Zain Qureshi vowed.
On the occasion, Shandana Gulzar Khan urged that on Saturday, a peaceful protest would be held against the thieves who stole the mandate of the people of Pakistan.
Talking about mega polls theft in Balochistan, Salar Khan Kakar said that a large scale elections rigging was carried out in Balochistan, as seats were sold among the contractors, smugglers and apolitical figures.
He pointed that public mandated was stolen in the darkness of the night, as he secured clear victory as per form 45 but a PML-N’s candidate who was at eight position in the race was declared triumphant fraudulently, as office personnel denied him entry into the RO’s office despite waiting outside the office all the night.
Salar Khan recalled that Nawabzada Riasani’s statement was on the record who categorically refused to take the seat in charity because he was a respectable tribal elder.
PTI’s candidate for PB-41 Quetta Ghafar Kakar said that a letter was written to him, wherein he was warned of consequences if he did not halt elections campaign. However, he stated that he run his election campaign more vigorously, adding that they were present at the RO office to take form 47 but they were kicked out by the FC personnel to manipulate the results and declared the runner-up who belonged to Afghanistan as victorious fraudulently.
PTI’s candidate for PB-39 Quetta Haji Noor Khan Khalji said that people of Quetta, Balochistan, like the whole of Pakistan, came out in huge number and voted for Imran Khan. “We were contacted at night and were asked that if we would stay with Imran Khan, they would not let us win,” he revealed.
He said that he was winning with clear margin on February 8 but they defeated him on February 9 by manipulating elections results.
PTI’s candidate for NA 253 Balochistan Saddam Tarin stated that they had all form 45, which clearly showed PTI’s candidates victorious at various constituencies including NA-253.
He said that PTI’s mandate was stolen in midnight by mandate thieves. However, PTI’s candidate made it clear that they would not surrender and was ready to render any sacrifice to get the stolen public mandate back because the people had given that mandate for the release of incarcerated PTI Chairman-for-life Imran Khan.
PTI’s candidate for NA-252 Alam Khan said that he won the seat with margin of 30,000 as per form 45; however, he was defeated three days later by 2,000 on form 47.
“I got 52,000 votes, runner-up 28,000 and who declared victorious secured 22,000 votes and was at the fourth position,” he added.
