PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is leading with 56.49% election code of conduct violation after the ECP issued LG schedule in 65 tehsils of KP’s 18 district.
The ECP has reported a total of 154 election code of conduct violations of which PTI was responsible for 87 (56.49%) while PML-N accounted for 10 (6.49%). The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and Jamaat-e-Islami was responsible for eight (5.19%) violation each.
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Similarly, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has committed four (2.59%) violations, independent candidates it was nine (5.84%) and candidates of other small political parties have committed 28 (18.18%) violation of polls code of conduct.
Despite warnings from district monitoring officers, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan have been at the forefront of repeated violations of the code of conduct. Despite the warning, Prime Minister Imran Khan, chief minister Mahmood Khan and minister continued to hold mega political rallies by using state machinery for election campaign. The ECP has imposed a fine of Rs50,000 for each rally in Lower Dir, Swat, Malakand and Mansehra however, the Islamabad high court has stopped the ECP from taking further action against the prime minister.
The ECP has drafted a revised code of conduct for elections in the remaining district of the province, allowing the elected members of national and provincial assemblies to participate in the election campaign, but barred public office holders, such PM, CM, ministers and government officials, from participating in the election campaign.
However, the government had issues a presidential ordnance allowing PM and chief minister to participated in the campaign. But the election commission had declared the ordinance illegal, saying that it is the responsibility of the election commission to devise rules and regulation for holding free and fair elections.