Skardu: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday alleged that women were not allowed to exercise their right to vote in the recently held Gilgit-Baltistan elections.
"From election day to today, PPP workers are exercising their democratic right and protesting this selected and incompetent prime minister (Imran Khan) in this harsh weather," Geo News quoted Bilawal as saying in Gilgit Baltistan.
"They are getting recounts done by putting the election commissioner to shame," he added.
Lauding the pressure tactics used by the PPP, Bilawal said that the same election commissioner, who had earlier stated there was no rigging in the GB 21's stolen polling box was now left with no option but to get the votes in that polling station recounted.
Pointing out that women from Tangir were not allowed to participate in the election, the PPP chairman said his party will strive to protect votes of women.
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"7,000 women voters were registered and it is the election commissioner's responsibility to make sure they get an opportunity to exercise their right to vote," Geo News quoted Bilawal.
"Another shocking development was a picture shared by a Pakistani journalist on Twitter a day earlier. The picture shows the election commissioner sitting with the Governor and the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ameen Ali Gandpur, who is a member of the PTI," Bilawal said.
"We have always said this is not an election commission, but PTI's election wing," he further stated.
"How can you sit with ministers of the government when you are the election commissioner?" Bilawal said demanding the election commissioner to issue a clarification on the issue.
