Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
why is he asking 1-to-6 proof from IK when it is Election tribunal/JC who said that.
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
***Ja Apni Hasrato Pr , Aansoo Bha Ke So Jaa (PTI Offical Anthem)
***Irregularities, not rigging, led to re-poll for NA-125
AMJAD MAHMOOD — PUBLISHED about an hour ago
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The judgement absolved PML-N nominees of any attempt to rig the polls.—AFP/File
LAHORE: The election tribunal which ordered re-election for NA-125, Lahore, on Monday primarily held the failure of the election staff in complying with the election laws and missing polling record as the basis of the decision. The judgement absolved PML-N nominees of any attempt to rig the polls.
**In its detailed judgment issued on Tuesday, the tribunal said the returning officer (RO) did not prepare the list of polling personnel himself, did not get the same approved at least 15 days before the polls, and changed the list of polling personnel which was used for appointment of staff, just a few days before the polls and without permission of the Election Commission of Pakistan.
It also said the RO failed to provide the correct electoral rolls at polling stations 156 and 156 for two booths depriving voters of their right to franchise, received statements of vote counts from presiding officers without their signatures and thumb impressions, prepared the consolidated statement (final results) without opening the polling bags and without summoning the ballot papers excluded from count as well as the challenged votes.
The RO, it observed, also assigned the treasury incomplete polling bags which even lacked ballot papers, counterfoils and electoral rolls at some stations.
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Tribunal judge Javed Rasheed Mahboobi was convinced that the presiding officers were generally negligent in their duties. Even statements of counts were not prepared in accordance with laws and ballot papers were put into polling bags without sealing on envelops and by mixing records of national and provincial constituencies.
He said the RO acted unlawfully by refusing to open polling bags for examination of excluded ballot papers and challenged ballots papers and also demonstrated no responsibility in selection of polling personnel. Rather, the judge said, the RO conceded that he had no role in such exercise and details of polling personnel were prepared by the election cell in the district returning officer’s office and such data was just fed into the RO’s computer through a USB.
“All these facts and reports of the Commissions (one was set up to take into custody the polling bags from the Treasury and the other comprised finger print forensic experts) and forensic experts lead me to the conclusion that the Returning Officer and the Polling Staff failed to comply with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, which are more than enough to hold that to the satisfaction of the Tribunal the elections has been material affected and thus this issue is decided in affirmative (in the petitioner’s favour).”
The decision, it said, was based on section 70 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976 that said the “Tribunal shall declare the elections as a whole to be void if it is satisfied that the result off the election has been materially affected by reason of: a) the failure of any person to comply with the provisions of the Act or the rules”.
The tribunal found that the election cell at the DRO office had no legal cover whereas it was not clear who approved the lists of polling personnel, while there was also no written record of the lists found with the DRO or the RO.
It, however, observed that during cross examination of Khwaja Saad Rafiq and Mian Naseer (who had been elected as MNA and MPA from NA-125 and PP-155) nothing substantial could be derived to hold any of them guilty of corrupt practices.
The tribunal says no evidence was brought on record against the returned candidates, the secretary of schools (most of the polling staff had been taken from the education department) and the home secretary (that controlled the police).
It said that PTI candidate Hamid Khan’s allegations of 100 percent voting at some polling stations, go slow policy, taking over of polling stations by Khwaja Saad Rafiq, and tampering with ballot boxes could not be established.
**“In view of all the aforesaid circumstances and the evidence examined it is held that the petitioner failed to discharge onus of either of these issues which are hereby decided in negative", **reads the judgement.
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Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2015*
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
kitnay nanhay hain aap.
Irregularities decided to occur simultaneously, in 47% of the polling stations. This spate of coincidences must vie for a guinness spot.
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
Time to educate the ignorant minds because likes of PPP/PMLN aren’t going to educate their followers. So here’ dictionary definition of rigging:
***“Election rigging is the act of dishonestly organizing an election to get a particular result. it is an electoral fraud and an interference with the election process”.
***Rigging is caused by injecting irregularities in the electoral process! How else you think rigging is done? If opening of ballot boxes with sharp object, missing voters list and each person voting six times on average isn’t considered rigging then what the hell is rigging? Bunch of illiterate buffoons making absolute joke of these words. Any irregularity specifically carried out to manipulate or change the election results is rigging! I see absolute mockery of the word in the media by PMLN, it’s disgusting. Stop it.
Call Imran or PTI whatever but you have to give him full credit for raising historic level of public awareness on the crime of rigging. This is not the first time that rigging had taken place in Pakistani elections, but this is indeed the first time someone stood up and decided to do something about it.
All the best to Imran Khan. History and future generations will study and honour his struggle for true democracy.
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
Schooling the kids are we? @Jolie 
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It is infuriating. For 2.5 years, the pro PMLN poltroons duplicitously downplayed electoral rigging and up with all sorts of lame ass excuses about how Imran is only crying dhandhlee dhandhlee just because he didn’t win, followed on by ever so stupid ‘so what if there was rigging, Imran wasn’t supposed to win anyway’ analysis on the basis of some flimsy anecdotal accounts.
A high profile sitting minister has been disqualified after 2 years on the basis of electoral fraud, who is to be blamed for this delayed justice and abuse of privileges? Those mindless and wanton PTI haters should bury their heads in shame if they have any.
If you really want to educate the masses and strengthen democracy in Pakistan, you need to fight this *jahalat *that trivialise electoral rigging the biggest crime against democracy. You need fight the *jahalat *that see democracy as win or lose popularity contest between parties whereas democracy is all about fairness. transparency and equality. You need to fight that jahalat that sees democracy as a periodic voting exercise where it doesn’t matter what happens to people’s votes afterwards. You need to fight that jahalat that sees democracy as mere instance of having a shalwar kameez wearing Prime Minister as opposed to man in khakhi. So fight that jahalat and fight for truly democratic Pakistan by developing absolutely #ZeroToleranceToRigging](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=ZeroToleranceToRigging) .
I find it so sad how some Pakistanis despite moving to Western democracies don’t know the basic ABCD of democracy.
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As with PMLN followers, please clarify what is your definition of rigging. I’d love to hear how else rigging can be done without causing ‘irregularities’. LOL
Unless your definition of rigging is that there would be YouTube video of Kh. Saad Rafiq and rest of the darbaris stamping ballot papers on an assembly line in Raiwand Palace under the supervision of Shareef brothers - then just be quiet. You have made enough mockery of the word rigging.
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
Jolie naal panga hai nai changa
jolie cluster bomb 
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
Rumor is that Khawaja Charlie Chaplin will become adviser to the Sharif Kingdom 
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A criminal advising another criminal. Maybe time to start planning and preparing for the next general elections rigging from now.
Despite all the bravado from Khawaja Chaplin, the crooked riggers are too scared to go for re-polling. Decided to challenge the decision in Supreme Court, lol!
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
He is serving again
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Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
Wazir na bhi banta tou Musheer tou lag hi gaya tha, inki paancho ungliyan ghee main hain, aik dou kuch dair k liye bahir bhi nikal jayein tou khaas farq nahi parta.
Re: Saad Rafique will easily win NA-125
Saad Rafiq is doing very big job , moving railway
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A cheat is a cheat, any decent person with basic skills, determination and hardwork can improve railways. Waisay bhi har saal jis k caroron k prize bonds nikaltay hon woh kaam kyun na kar k dikhaaye.