Marriyum Aurangzeb says Commissioner Rawalpindi’s name should be placed on ECL immediately

LAHORE, Feb 17 (SABAH): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has said the Commissioner Rawalpindi Liaquat Ali Chattahs’s name should be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) immediately.

“It is our responsibility to ensure that anarchy and chaos does not ensue in the country,” Marriyum Aurangzeb said while addressing a press conference, as she slammed the commissioner for his “baseless” allegations.

She noted that a commissioner is neither a returning officer nor a district returning officer — the two crucial office holders who are responsible for the consolidation of results. “The commissioner will not have any authority that would give him access to the preparation of election results,” she said, calling for a strict punishment to be granted to Chattha if his allegations were proven false.

She recalled that “no candidate won with a 50,000-vote lead” as per the claims of the commissioner. Marriyum Aurangzeb wondered where the top official was for the last eight days and whom he met to “grow a conscience”.

“We demand that his activities during these eight days be probed,” she said, claiming that there is an entire group that does not want stability in the country.

Marriyum Aurangzeb further stated that the commissioner, who claimed that fake leads were created in the Rawalpindi division to defeat PTI-backed independent candidates, should have approached the Election Commission of Pakistan when the results were delayed for three days.

She insisted that the commissioner should provide evidence, whether to the media or otherwise, to support his claim that there was no mistake in Form 45. She questioned why he waited eight days before handing himself over to the police, suggesting that an investigation should be conducted into his activities during that time.

The PML-N spokesperson also accused the PTI of fabricating Form 45s in response to inquiries from international media, alleging that they first claimed to have “screenshots” and then circulated fake Form 45s on social media.