(Factsheet)

MASSIVE RIGGING IN ELECTIONS 2013

Todays Agenda


1. Historic and unprecedented Electoral Fraud of 2013

2. Selective Justice and Double Standards

3. Role played by EX-CJP and the ROs

4. Constitutional status of the ECP
Historic Electoral Fraud of 2013
Beyond doubt massive rigging took place both in National and Provincial
Assembly elections.

The rigging was:
Widespread and Extensive: every Constituency or Polling Station opened for
investigation unveiled shocking fraud or irregularities

Pre-planned and organized: the fraud was built into the structure of ECP and
the Election process

Decisive: The number of fraudulent votes cast outweigh the margin of defeat
in investigated Constituencies






PMLN Poor Performance in Punjab 2008-2012
Source 5
th
Annual Report 2012, State Economy, Punjab Story by Institute of Public Policy IPP
Punjab Pakistan
Till 2007 5.6 % 5.4%
2008-2012 2.5% 3.4%
GDP
Growth
Agriculture
Growth
Punjab Pakistan
Till 2007 3.3 % 2.5%
2008-2012 1% 3%
Punjab
Till 2007 3.3 %
2008-2012 1.4%
Employment
Growth
Primary Net
Enrolment
Punjab
Till 2007 62 %
2008-2012 61%
Budget
Punjab
Till 2007
1 Billion Surplus Budget
2008-2012
83 Billion overdraft
Crime Rate
Increased
30% in Last 5
Year.
FAFEN
TOTAL REJECTED VOTES
2002 2008 2013
775,720 973,694 1,502,717
Shocking 64% increase as compared to 2008.
Number of rejected votes exceed the margin of victory in 35
out of 266 NA constituencies.
Polling Scheme in 93 constituencies were changed after
Election schedules announcement. (Many polling station
disappeared, relocated and even new PS were installed)
Go Slow Policy at the polling station, deprived many people
from casting there Votes.
Many of the Data Entry operators (UNDP had provided 2 Each
to every RO) were given a Day off on polling date.
The Documentation of the 16,933 polling station reveal 17,358
irregularities and violation in counting procedures.

Tools of Fraud
1. Fraudulent Balloting and/or Counting:
Huge number of votes mysteriously missing
Large number of votes cast with invalid CNICs
Duplicate votes cast on already used counterfoils
Thousands of dubious finger prints
Massive Typos in finalized result sheets

2. Selective Justice:
PTIs appeals turned down
Biased decisions against PTI candidates

3. Pre-poll/Structural Rigging:
Formation of Election Commission unconstitutional
Judicial Officers were appointed ROs by Ex-CJP Iftikhar M. chaudhary while Justice
Fakhurruddin G. Ibrahim, the then Chief Election Commissioner was out of country

13 Constituencies OPENED
ALL with Proven Massive Irregularities
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LAHORE
NA-122
(PP147)
NA-118 NA-128 NA-124 NA-125
KARACHI
NA-256 NA-258
LODHRAN
NA-154
SARGODHA
NA-68
SIALKOT
NA-110
RAWALPINDI
NA-53
HARIPUR
NA-19
ATTOCK
NA-57



NA-256 Karachi
(84K votes verification in 69 polling stations only)


Votes count as per Form XVI result by RO 84,748
Verified Votes in all Polling Stations 8% approx.
Invalid CNIC Numbers on use counterfoils which were never
issued by NADRA.
Votes were found not registered in the constituency.
11,343
791
Duplicate votes on used counterfoils
5,839
Counterfoils without finger prints
314
Scanned finger prints failed authentication (someone else
voted against this CNIC)
1,950
Counterfoil could not be verified/Recognized by NADRA
57,442
Finger prints authenticated/verified on counterfoils
6,815
Bogus Votes

In 26 polling
stations the ballot
papers were more
than those issued
Destroyed PTI
Votes
In 37 polling
stations ballot
papers were less
than those issued
from counterfoil



NA-258 Karachi
(32,865 votes verification for certain Polling stations)


Total Ballots Sent to NADRA or verification of certain polling
stations
32,865
Verified Votes in all Polling Stations
8%
approx.
Invalid CNIC Numbers on use counterfoils which were never
issued by NADRA.
Votes were found not registered in the constituency.
4,680
435
Duplicate voters on use counterfoils
1,404
Counterfoils without finger print
386
Scanned finger prints failed authentication (someone else
voted against this CNIC)
53
Counterfoil could not be verified/Recognized by NADRA
23,432
Finger prints authenticated/verified on counterfoils
2,475
8 votes were cast by
CNIC (42401-974889-5)
Muhammad Swaleheen a
resident of Khudi ki Basti,
Surjani Town.
11 votes were cast by one
CNIC (42501-6587372-7)
Muhammad Faizan-ud-
Din, a resident of Majeed
Colony, Landhi
RE-ELECTION
CALLED DUE TO
MASSIVE RIGGING
BY PMLN
CANDIDATE



NA-118 Lahore
( 46K votes verification 68 polling stations only)


HAMID ZAMAN
325 ballot boxes
165 were broken
or unsealed. 66
were partially
sealed



NA-118 Facts Summary


NO. OF BAGS
COMPLETE
ELECTION
MATERIAL
PARTIAL
ELECTION
MATERIAL
NON-EXISTENT OF
INCOMPELETE TOTAL
325 69 bags 98 bags 158 bags 325

PAKISIAN
(MISPRINT &
NO. OF BALLOT
BAGS SEALED UNSEALED DIFFERENT SIZE &
COLORATION)
325 94 165 66 325
ELECTORAL RESULTS SUMMARY325 BAGS

TOTAL VOTES POLLED 169317
COMPLETE: 46118 PARTIAL: 34941 81059 VOTES
NO RECORDS FOUND 88258 VOTES 88258 VOTES
TOTAL VOTES 169317 VOTES
SUMMARY OF VOTES



NA-128 Lahore



Raheel Asghar Patwari
appointed at PS- Shahpur
Kanjra was caught red
handed for stamping
ballots in favor of PML-N
candidates in NA and PP
Patwaries were appointed
as the presiding officers
Missing Ballot papers are 21,300
Counterfoils of ballot
papers without stamp
of PO/APO is 2300.
PP-147 Lahore
Under NA-122 Contested by Imran Khan
State of only 6 Polling Stations
According to NADRAs officially released report:

Total number of votes in 6 polling bags: 4726
Number of votes found in 6 polling bags: 3768
Votes not found: 958
Invalid CNIC numbers on used counterfoils: 696
Duplicate votes on used counterfoils: 2
Finger prints of bad quality: 1590

CLEARLY: only 1459 votes out of 4726 votes are valid -- which is 30% of
the votes cast; remaining 70% are bogus votes.

7 bags in 6 randomly selected polling stations
PTI Candidate
Shoaib Sidiqui



NA-57 ATTOCK-1
Winning Candidate Sheikh Aftab Ahmed (PML-N)
PTI Candidate Malik Amin Aslam



NA-57 is the ONLY constituency where Member Election Commission (Justice Riaz Kiani) first
allowed a total RECOUNT of votes on May 13
th

Just after one day the SAME JUDGE, with SAME FACTs and SAME LAW changed his decision
and disallowed the recounting of all the votes.
The margin between winning and runner-up candidates was 2900 votes AND Rejected votes
are 5466. Thus recounting of rejected votes was critical.
Rejected votes in Official count sheet Actual votes in the bag
51 0
Rejected votes in Official count sheet Actual votes in the bag
29 21
In the First bag Polling Station # 173 in village Formali
In the Second bag Polling Station # 172 in village Formali
Note: The Tribunal case of NA57 registered in 2008 is STILL PENDING in 2014 -
MOCKERY OF JUSTICE in Tribunals
Polling Station-246 Result

Total Listed Votes = 1510
Nawaz Sharif secured = 779

Returning officer sent 7879 votes
Total Vote Difference 7100 votes

NA-68
Sargodha
Winning Candidate
Nawaz Sharif




NA-154 Lodhran
PMLNs Sadiq Khan vs. PTIs Mr. Jahangir Tareen


Mr. Tareen was the winner in
initial results -- leading
massively in more than 200
polling stations.
Even independent TV channels
had declared him victorious on
the election day.
Unbelievably in the morning,
Mr. Tareen was declared
defeated by a margin of 10,000
votes after massive overnight
rigging.




NA-154 Lodhran

OPEN VOTE BAG OF NA-154
SHOWING MILDEWED &
DAMAGED ELECTION
PAPERS/BALLOTS
Thumb print verification of
the votes cast in the NA-154
constituency still pending
EVEN after ALL FORMALITIES
COMPLETED SINCE May 11
general elections.


NA-154 Lodhran

Polling Bags Missing 7.
Unsealed polling bags 15
More than dozen polling bags had counter files
without signature/stamp of POs
More than 40 polling bags found with either
missing signature/stamp.
More than 15 had results not reconciled with the
available counter foils.
About 40% PS have incomplete results attached.
Pre Scan Report by NADRA of 304 polling stations
Polling bags were found sealed: 106
Polling bags with broken seals: 127
Polling with no seals at all: 31
Form-XIVs missing from inspected bags: 49
Form-XVs missing from inspected polling bags: 55
Electoral Rolls missing inspected polling bags: 47
Counterfoils missing from inspected polling bags: 27


NA-124 Lahore
After the inspection of 264 Polling Bags
(ECP acknowledged it in its report)





NA-110 Sialkot
PMLNs Khawaja Mohammad Asif vs. PTIs Usman Dar


Since 21-Nov-2013, Mr. Usman Dar has been pleading with the courts for the
Election Tribunal to order thumb verification of all votes cast in his constituency.

The Tribunal kept on adjourning the case on the lame excuses. The Tribunal took
refuge for delaying his orders till the pending writ petition of Mr. Hamid Zaman
NA-118 was decided by the Lahore High Court. The tribunal gave the
understanding that whatever the High Court decided in the writ petition, the same
would be applicable to Usman Dar Request.

In the meantime, to show efficiency and disposal of the other trivial matters, the
tribunal directed Usman Dar to complete his evidence, which was actually not
needed. Usman Dar adduced his evidence and his statement was recorded. When
the time for cross examination of Mr. Dar came, he had to go abroad in connection
with his overseas business engagement. The Tribunal refused to adjourn the case
for 2-3 days, so that Usman Dar could appear for cross examination and so the
petition was dismissed by an illegal order against, which appeal is still pending
before the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
FAFEN report: Number of rejected votes exceed the margin of victory in 35 out of 266 NA
constituencies.

Of the total of 246,858 votes in question, Punjab accounts for 233,225 (94.5%), K-P 6,462
(2.6%), Sindh 6,317 (2.6%), Fata 580 (0.2%) and ICT 274 (0.1%).

Note: Rejected Votes are used as a tool for rigging in Pakistan.
(http://tribune.com.pk/story/674811/fafen-report-major-discrepancies-found-in-may-2013-election-data/)
Election Year Total Rejected votes
2002 775,720
2008 973,694
2013 1,502,717 (Shocking and unexplainable
increase 64% as compared to 2008)
RECORD NUMBER OF VOTES REJECTED
FAFEN REPORT
SELECTIVE
JUSTICE
Ghulam Sarwar Khan has been contesting Election against PML-N stalwart Ch.
Nisar Ali khan 2002, 2008, 2013. In 2013, He won by big margin of almost 10,000
votes from Ch. Nisar.

In all these aforesaid elections, Ch. Nisar had tried his level best to get Ghulam
Sarwar Khan disqualified at various stages; Returning officer, High Court, Supreme
Court but failed to so.

In 2013, Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan managed to get Ch. Nisar Ali khan disqualified
from Returning Officer on the grounds of concealing of assets/Education
qualification. However, High Court allowed Ch. Nisar.

After Ghulam Sarwar khan won the General Election 2013, Ch. Nisar Ali Khan
made petition to the Election Commission which directed him to pursue this
matter before the Election Tribunal which he didnt. Rather, he went
straight to the Supreme Court requesting for a Suo-Moto
application to get Ghulam Sarwar khan disqualified.

NA-53 Rawalpindi


Ghulam Sarwar Khan (PTI) vs. Ch. Nisar Ali Khan (PMLN)
The Supreme Court Registrar rejected Ch. Nisar application because the similar
matter was already being heard in Punjab High Court.
Being a persistent follower, Ch. Nisar Ali khan went straight to Ex-CJP Iftikhar
Chaudhary through his proposer.
The Ex-Chief Justice Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhary immediately issued a notice to
Ghulam Sarwar khan and heard the case personally and disqualified Ghulam
Sarwar Khan. Which is against the rules for using his Suo Moto powers without
notice to the affected party. Petition CMA # 4275 of year 2013


The irony was that the EX-CJP passed two different orders for exactly
similar cases on the same date, i.e. 18
th
July, 2013. In a similar case, relief
was given to respondent Mr. Makhdoom Syed Ali Raza of PML-N but took
severe action against Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan, an elected PTI MNA. Such
high handedness have never been seen in Supreme Courts history.
NA-53
For 10 long months elected MNA Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan
remained suspended (from 18-july-2013 to 3 April, 2014)
He was re-instated by a three member bench of Supreme
Court but only after the departure of Ex-CJP Iftikhar
Chaudhary.
A direct order was issued by the ex-CJP to suspend the PTI
MNA, bypassing the Election Commission. His directive was
addressed to Secretary National Assembly which is
unprecedented.

NA-53
Biased
Judgment by
ex-CJP
NA-19 Haripur
PTI Winning Candidate: Dr. Raja Aamer Zaman
On 17
th
May 2013 the runner-up candidate of PML-N Mr. Omer Ayub petitioned before the ECP for
recounting of the 45 polling station only, without any notice given to the winning candidate of PTI. The ECP
members Justice Rtd. Riaz Kayani and Justice Rtd. Fazl-ur-Rehman ordered the recounting of the entire
constituency for 437 polling stations on Friday 17
th
May, evening.

Sunday 19
th
May to Friday 24
th
recounting was done for the all the 437 polling stations and over 290,000
votes. PTI candidate still won in the recounting by a lead of 1304 votes.

PML-N candidate still pursued the matter to Election Tribunal.

The tribunal, out of the blue, ordered and selected seven (7) polling stations without any
criterion/reason/yardstick in an arbitrary manner. The petitioner had not even prayed for this relief but the
court on its own gave biased relief much beyond the petitioners expectations. The Tribunal stated that
there is no finding that the appellant PTI candidate or any other person on his behalf was indulged in any
corrupt practice.

In Election Tribunal not a single witness was produced by PMLN candidate regarding bogus voting.

The notables of these seven polling stations were approached by Captain Safdar, son-in-law of Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif, took them to the Prime Minister House to meet up with the N-league leadership
including Khwaja Asif, Shahid Khakan Abbasi and Gohar Ayub Khan (father of PMLN candidate Omer Ayub).

The Federal Government immediately sanctioned development schemes for
these seven polling stations in total disregard to the Election Rules:
3 transformers and 30 LT poles were brought to PS Ghazi Hamlet, Mohat Sector.
Branch lines for Gas for Village Piplala
Transformer of 100 KV was installed on 28
th
Jan 2014 in Danna Kalinger also a
generator for local mosque was provided.
Branch lines of Sui gas were also given in Mamral.
A local newspaper, Shamal of Hazara carried news that rupees 25K-30K were
given to voters to vote for PML-N.
Purchasing of votes was also shown in K-2 TV channel.
.NA-19 Haripur
Due to selected Re-polling on 7 polling station, the winning
candidate of PTI was made to loose by a margin of 500 votes.

PTI candidate petitioned the supreme court which was dismissed
and the court endorsed that their decision is not approved for
reporting in the journal of the Supreme Court.

PTI MNA has gone into review of Supreme Court order which is still
pending for final decision.
NA-19 Haripur
NA-125 Lahore
Khawaja Saad Rafique vs. Hamid Khan
PTI candidates and their running mates in PP-155 and PP-156 gave their petitions to the
election tribunals in July 2013.
the main thrust of their petition was to have thumb verification done from NADRA.
one month ago, the election tribunal allowed only 7 polling stations (out of 250 plus
stations) where thumb impressions got verified from NADRA

ten days ago (Before Eid holidays) a commission has been appointed to undertake/follow the
process of thumb verification

Some witnesses have also been examined including ECP member Justice (Retd.) Riaz Kiani
Two of the presiding officers deposed that till 2:00 pm on 11
th
May 2013, they had not
received the polling material
Justice (Retd.) Riaz admitted that he had received many complaints in this constituency
and the staff in the polling station were too few to discharge their duties
The case of NA-125 is not seen to be concluding in the near future in spite of a 14 month
lapse. The provision of law of reaching conclusion within 120 days has been flouted by
almost all the Election Tribunals



Role Played By
EX-CJP & ROs
Designation of Judicial Officers as ROs
In the absence of the Chief Election Commissioner, the then
Acting Chief Election Commissioner requested for Judicial
Officers as ROs.

The request was granted within a matter of days while the
CEC was still abroad.

This was done against the very principle set by the CJ
himself.

FAFEN and other NGOs had vehemently protested this
move and had termed it as negative for a fair and
transparent election process (Dawn Nov 18, 2012).
Unusual Interference
The ex-CJ went about the country addressing the ROs, which
was contrary to the law and the spirit of a free and fair
election process.
The unusual interference of the ex-CJ in the entire process,
from registration of voters to settlement of post-election
petition was all too evident and etched in the annals of our
national history.
Unanswerable ROs
93 ROs changed a large number of Poling Stations in many constituencies.
This is a violation of Peoples Rep Act 1976 as the Polling Stations are
bound by law to be notified 15 days prior to the Election Date. The law
requires that any such change has to be done with the permission of the
ECP only.

120 ROs did not comply with the law of PRA 1976, which requires them to
fill out the Form XV. This form carries the total accounted ballot paper
used or unused for each PS. The disobeyance of this law is a serious
violation and opens the floodgates to rigging and irregularities.

Unanswerable ROs
The ROs being judicial officers have returned to their
original duties and the Election Commission now seems
to have minimum to no influence over them.

The lack of responsibility with which the balloting
and counting process was handled is again all too
evident.

Selective Justice
Relief given to PMLN candidates in the same
cases where PTI candidates were heavily
penalized

Delays in deciding petitions filed by PTI

Legal Status of the
ELECTION COMMISION
PAKISTAN
The present election commission itself is unconstitutional
(formed in violation of Article 213 and 218). RULE: Competing
candidates were to be interviewed by the Parliamentary
committee, but the candidates were not interviewed.
Two days back the ECP said that if PTI members resign, they
will conduct fresh elections on those seats.
By issuing this statement, the ECP has directly involved itself
in the active politics of the country.
Members of the present ECP were pre-selected by their
sponsors and assigned their present jobs, which is against the
Constitution.
Conclusions
Massive rigging during Election 2013 has been proved beyond reasonable doubt.

The connivance of key officials in the election fraud is established beyond any doubt.

The election were rigged in numerous ways during pre-poll intuitional structuring,
actual polling, as well as during the ballot counting/reporting phases.

The systematic selective justice later on has been an icing on the cake of fraudulent
elections.

And so, we conclude: any government formed on the basis of a massive
election fraud is illegitimate, undemocratic and deserves to be thrown
out.
Thank You for your Time.