stealing of public mandate
KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Tuesday took to the streets in various cities across the country against alleged rigging in second phase of local government elections in Karachi. The protest rally taken out in Peshawar was headed by JI chief Sirajul Haq. A large number of people including men and women workers took part in the rally. The participants said that the stealing of public mandate is not acceptable at any cost. In Wazirabad, the workers of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a protest rally at Katchery Chowk on the party chief’s call. The participants said that the party’s mandate was stolen in Karachi LG elections, adding that the JI has won more than 100 seats in Karachi LG elections. On the occasion, JI Wazirabad chapter Ameer Chaudhry Nasir Mahmood Kaler accused the Sindh government of rigging. He said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should release results as per the votes of masses, instead of giving results on Sindh government aspirations. The participants of the rally were carrying banners and placards. DNA
