ISLAMABAD – Addressing the National Assembly, Shahbaz Sharif, who lostelection for leader of the house against Imran Khan, said people haverejected the 2018 election because it was rigged.

He requested the Speaker National Assembly to constitute a parliamentarycommission to probe the rigging allegations within thirty days.

He said amendments should be introduced into Election Act 2017 in the lightof the recommendations of the parliamentary commission so that electionscould never be rigged in future.

Leveling allegations of rigging, Shahbaz Sharif said the ElectionCommission’s Result Transmission System failed on the polling day, pollingagents were expelled from polling stations and 1.6 million votes wererejected. He said PML-N leaders and workers were arrested before elections.

Shahbaz Sharif said they have pledged to give protection to the democraticsystem and despite reservations on election results they will never degradesanctity of the House.