ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan had tostamp the ballot paper publicly as he couldn’t go behind the voting screento cast his vote in secrecy due to the presence of a large number of peopleand media in the room, presiding officer and assistant presiding officersaid in a report on Wednesday.

According to the report, Imran Khan couldn’t go behind the voting screen tocast his vote in secrecy as the polling booth had become crowded far beyondits capacity.

The report stated that more than 150 supporters and media personnel enteredthe polling station along with Imran Khan.

The PTI chairman tried to reach behind the voting screen to cast his votein secrecy but he couldn’t due to the crowd, the report added. The ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP) will review the report.

The Commission had sought a report from the presiding officer and assistantpresiding officer of NA-53 Dhok Jillani Polling Station over violation ofthe code of conduct during the polls.

Earlier, the ECP on Tuesday had halted victory notification of Imran Khanfrom two constituencies NA-53 Islamabad and NA-131 Lahore respectively.

The electoral body had subjected victory notification from threeconstituencies NA-35 Bannu, NA-95 Mianwali and NA-243 Karachi to theirfinal decision in case pertaining to violation of code of conduct.

On July 30, the Commission had issued a notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insafchairman and Pakistan s Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan, asking himfor a written explanation over his alleged voting in full public view andin front of the camera in the just ended general elections on July 25.

Babar Awan, Imran s counsel appeared before ECP after which the ECP askedfor a written reply from Khan and adjourned the hearing till August 16.

PTI leader Naeemul Haque had blamed the polling staff present at the boothfor the controversial casting of vote.