According to Pakistan’s Chief Justice Saqib Niscar the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza was likely sleeping on the general elections day in the country as he had telephoned him thrice and all the three calls of his went unanswered.
The comment of Chief Justice Nisar came while he was hearing a case regarding rejection of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Abida Raja’s nomination papers for a reserved seat.
Nisar added he was astonished on the polling day at the current state of Raza.
The general elections in Pakistan were held on July 26 and political party of former cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), emerged victorious winning 116 of the 270 seats. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif won just 64 seats while 43 seats was grabbed by former president Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Earlier, to become the next prime minister of Pakistan and form government the Khan was reported to had approached MQM-P party for support. His pointman Jahangir Tareen invited former rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan to join with their party.
For decades the MQM-P has ruled the commercial hub Karachi and only grabbed six National Assembly seats (including two in Hyderabad) in the recent general elections. In 2013 polls the party had 24 NA seats.
