JI stalwart announces to vacate Sindh Assembly seat

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) stalwart Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has announced to vacate the seat he won in the Sindh Assembly on allegations of election rigging.

JI and other parties are protesting against the delay in the results of the general elections held on February 8, and sit-ins are being held in different cities.

While holding a press conference in Karachi, JI stalwart said that on February 8, polling did not start on time at many polling stations, as time went by we kept complaining that poling did not start, and people were deprived of their right to vote.

He said that the operatives first removed the cameras and then started filling the boxes, form 45 was not being given, Form 45 was not being given, a large number of polling agents were not provided with the forms., Form 47 was rigged worst, RO’s offices were sealed from all sides so that no bird could fly, we will continue to bring the facts to the public.

The JI leader added that more people voted for JI this time than in the municipal elections, votes either went to JI or to candidates supported by PTI, what is happening across the country is nothing more than a spectacle, it is a mandate of cane and force.

Moreover, he said we didn’t want a charity seat, so I decided to give up my seat, I have so much capacity, I will not take that seat.

It should be remembered that Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has been elected Member of the Sindh Assembly from Constituency PS-129 from Karachi.

According to the unofficial result of 147 polling stations, JI Ameer was successful with 26, 926 votes while his opponent Maaz Muqaddam from MQM came second with 20608 votes.