Former Rawalpindi commissioner withdraws his allegations about rigging in the elections
Ex-Pindi commissioner Chatha claims PTI offered 'lucrative position' for making rigging allegations
Former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaqat Ali Chatha withdrew his allegations about rigging in the elections on Thursday.
As reported, the former Rawalpindi commissioner has submitted his written statement regarding his presser to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Liaqat Ali Chatha said he was “humiliated, embarrassed”, and claimed that he made the move in coordination with a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader.
In a statement retracting his allegations, Liaqat Ali Chatha, who has been a civil servant for 32 years, revealed that all of this was done in coordination with the Imran Khan-founded PTI, who had also given him “lucrative positions for me in future”.
In his statement, Chatha said that after the 2018 elections, when the PTI formed government in Punjab, he remained posted to senior provincial posts, including provincial secretary to the Government of Punjab.
“The position of Secretary is among the top posts in the provincial government. While posted as Provincial Secretary, I got opportunities to develop relationships with senior and prominent political figures of PTI.”
“Initially, it was proposed by me that I would write the entire narrative and submit the same as part of my resignation. However, this proposal was dropped by the said prominent PTI leader as such written resignation would not create any sensations for their narrative building,” he maintained.
Chatha said he had stated that he attempted to commit suicide and that he should be hanged in public was also part of the same intent of creating drama and sensation that during the press Conference,
“These were well-thought statements which were made with the specific aim of creating drama and sensations, which aim was fulfilled to a large extent.”
Moving on, he noted that the name CJP Isa was taken to create mistrust in the general public against him. “The chief justice did not have any role in the entire election process.”
“However, I was specifically asked by said prominent leader of PTI to name the CJP. He told me that he had been specifically asked by his top leadership to do so. The aims behind naming the CJP were manifold.”
Similarly, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) SIkander Sultan Raja was named to raise questions on the entire elections process throughout Pakistan, he said.
Moreover, the former commissioner said he addressed the presser on February 17 when PTI had called for countrywide protests against rigging as part of the plan.
“In the end, I feel extremely ashamed and embarrassed for making totally false, concocted, anti-state, and malicious statement in the press conference. This activity caused embarrassment for me as well as for the entire bureaucratic fraternity,” he added.
