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*LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has moved the Supreme Court(SC) against the ‘pre-poll rigging’ in the election of Punjab ChiefMinister (CM) on July 22. *
According to details, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has moved the SupremeCourt to ensure ‘transparent’ election of the Punjab Chief Minister.
The Imran Khan-led party has filed a contempt of court petition in theSupreme Court on the ‘official announcement’ of rigging in the Punjab CMelection.
In the petition, the PTI noted that on July 1, the apex court had directedthe provincial government to ensure transparent election. However, the pleaalleged, the government ministers are creating obstacles in compliance withthe court orders.
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The PTI has requested the Supreme Court to fully implement July 1’sdecision and direct the government to ensure transparent Punjab CM poll onJuly 22.
The political party has also requested the Supreme Court to hear thecontempt petition against the government ministers tomorrow.
It is pertinent to mention here that Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah saidthat the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would not let the PML-Q’sChaudhry Pervez Elahi become the provincial chief executive easily on July22.
Sanaullah said that PML-N fell short of 5 votes while Pervaiz Elahi has 188votes in the provincial assembly.
He added that Pervaiz Elahi would have found himself in difficulty to getthe chief ministership if five lawmakers did not reach the provincialassembly on July 22.
