Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), petitioned the Supreme Court from Adiala jail on Wednesday. He seeks a judicial commission to probe the February 8 general elections, citing allegations of rigging and fraud.
The petition was filed by senior lawyer Hamid Khan, who called for an unbiased commission of current Supreme Court judges. It aims to investigate the election’s integrity and compilation of subsequent results, alleging distortions that inverted the actual winners and losers.
The plea demands the suspension of government formations in the federal and Punjab regions pending the commission’s findings. It also requests actions deemed necessary to uphold the nation’s electoral and constitutional integrity.
The petition includes the government, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and major political parties, including the PML-N, PPP, and MQM-P, accusing them of electoral manipulation.
The document criticizes the election’s execution as a blatant disregard for democratic trust, facilitated by the ECP and the interim government with appointed Returning Officers (ROs) involvement.
Highlighting the ECP’s constitutional obligation to conduct transparent elections, the petition accuses it and the caretaker government of collusion in electoral fraud.
Since the elections, various parties and independents have questioned the polling’s fairness, leading to widespread protests against the perceived manipulation by electoral and interim authorities.
