——– Raoof Hassan, Umer Niazi tell Dr Alvi that Form-45 accurately reflects true facts about the electoral outcom
Saff Report
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) held a meeting with the President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday and briefed him on the alleged irregularities during the recently held general elections.
According to a statement issued by the president’s office, Dr Alvi met with PTI leaders Raoof Hassan and Umer Niazi, during which they informed the president about the evident irregularities during the February 8 polls.
The PTI delegation apprised the president of the party’s stance regarding the alleged irregularities and reiterated that Form-45, issued in various constituencies, accurately reflects the true facts of the electoral outcomes.
They emphasised that despite attempts to pressurise the party, snatching of electoral symbols, and numerous arrests, PTI emerged victorious against all odds.
The PTI delegation highlighted that despite the atrocities, the public had shown trust in the party’s candidates in the general elections.
The development comes as the PTI-backed independent candidates outperformed all other political parties in the general elections.
Addressing a news conference on Saturday, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said that President Arif Alvi would invite his party to form the government as they had secured a majority in the National Assembly.
Gohar emphasised that everybody should respect the public mandate. “We have no quarrel with anyone, we want to move forward. We will proceed and form a government in accordance with the constitution and the law,” he clarified.
Earlier, Days after the country went to polls, uncertainty continued to loom large on Monday after three well-known political leaders, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) chief Jahangir Khan Tareen, Central Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) Pervez Khattak, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq, made shocking announcements of stepping down from party positions.
Tareen and Khattak also decided to “step away from politics altogether”, while Siraj took responsibility for the party’s significant drubbing in the February 8 national polls.
In a post on X, Tareen said he would like to thank everyone who supported him in the elections and offered his congratulations to his political opponents over their victories. However, he added that he had “immense respect for the will of the people of Pakistan” and was therefore stepping down.
Similarly, the newly-formed IPP with its core of former PTI leaders, only managed to secure two seats in the National Assembly and only one from Punjab Assembly.
Meanwhile, Pervez Khattak, chief of his breakaway faction of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, PTI-Parliamentarians, has also resigned from his party position, saying that he is “taking a break” from politics for now.
The development comes as his party has literally been wiped out from Pakistan’s political scene after it failed to win even a single seat.
During canvassing, Khattak had made bold claims that he would be the next chief minister of K-P and that the PTI-backed independents would also align with him after winning.
Khattak’s two sons and a son-in-law were contesting from all seven seats in Nowshera, but couldn’t win any one of these.
