LAHORE – Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has written a letterto the Chief Election Commissioner demanding the removal of NA-129Returning Officer Ghulam Murtaza Uppal.
In the letter, Ayaz Sadiq alleged that the returning officer is biased andsupporting his political opponent Aleem Khan, the candidate of PTI.
The speaker claimed he was summoned in person by the returning officerduring scrutiny of nomination papers whereas Aleem Khan was exempted andonly called in after the PML-N protested the move.
Ayaz Sadiq said it would be deemed pre-poll rigging if the RO continues onhis post.