LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in National Assembly (NA) has rejected the suggestion of using electronic voting machine.
In a statement, the PML-N leader said that the whole world has already turned down the application of electronic voting system. Such kind of important national decisions cannot be implemented on the orders or will of a specific person, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif further said that electoral reforms can only be finalized after mutual consultation.
The reaction came after Prime Minister Imran Khan had invited the opposition to sit with the government for consultation on holding transparent elections in order to strengthen the country’s democracy.
In a series of tweets, the PM said that despite a low turnout, all parties are crying foul and claiming rigging in the NA-249 by-election. The same happened in Daska as well as the recent Senate election. He added that in fact, apart from the 1970 election, claims of rigging in every election have raised doubts over the credibility of their results.
