Islamabad (Web Desk): Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Senator Mushtaq Ahmed has called for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja over alleged rigging in the February 8 elections.
Speaking during the Senate session on Tuesday, he said that the CEC should be tried under article 6 due to the alleged failure to conduct transparent general elections on February 8.
He said that the ECP was given Rs50 billion from the national exchequer but it failed to hold transparent polls.
Senator Musthaq Ahmad said that electoral body committed treason for which it should seek an apology from the nation.
He also called for the formation of a judicial commission which would conduct an inquiry of all institutions.
The judicial commission should investigate the matter of Form 45, he maintained.
Meanwhile, the senator criticised the authorities over the suspension of social media platform, X, saying that it caused economic and educational damage as well as it was tantamount to robbing people’s rights.
Senator Mushtaq Ahmad demanded the restoration of all the social media platforms avoiding placing restrictions on them.
It is pertinent to mention that X (formerly known as Twitter) remains intermittently down in Pakistan after it was restored on Monday after an over 36-hour blockade since Saturday (February 17).
