ISLAMABAD – President Pakistan Muslim League(N) Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif onThursday said Parliamentary Commission would be established to investigatealleged rigging in general election held on July 25.
“Our first demand in the National Assembly would be the investigation intothe rigging of elections,” he said speaking to media after meeting MuhammadNawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz in Adiala Jail.
He claimed a lot of PML-N workers were jailed prior to the elections andcourt decisions came against the party candidates contesting the generalelection.
He said the PML-N had the right to raise voice against the alleged riggingin the election. “We will protest inside and outside the Parliament.”Shehbaz Sharif said the stoppage of Result Transmission System (RTS) shouldbe investigated. He asked why the RTS was stopped, polling agents of theparties were allegedly kept out of polling stations and pace of voting wasslowed down.He claimed Pakistan Muslim League(N) was still the largest party in Punjab.
He said it was right of Nawaz Sharif to defend himself in cases filedagainst him. The health of Nawaz Sharif was getting better and doctors werechecking him regularly, he added.
The PML-N President said political parties protested against the rigging inIslamabad on Wednesday. The PML-N had rejected the election results and itwas its right to demand inquiry into the election results, he claimed.