Political parties earlier today submitted to the judicial commission their answers to questionnaire issued by the panel relating to claims of rigging in 2013 general elections.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami submitted their answers today.
PTI claimed that ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was the ‘mastermind’ of the rigging in general elections. PTI submitted that PML-N planned vote rigging in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan with the help of Returning Officers (ROs).
JI blamed its rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad, stating that election commission failed to enforce its code of conduct.
The three-member commission, headed by Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, had issued a questionnaire to all parties, asking answers of three key questions to determine whether or not the elections were systematically rigged.
