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Ali Zaidi says will resign if ECP allegations of polling stations’ visit proved

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KARACHI: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Sunday announced to file a defamation suit against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) staff that claimed that he visited polling stations during cantonment elections, ARY NEWS reported.

I have not violated any code of conduct and had only visited the polling station to cast my vote, he said adding that he left the polling station at 1:30 after casting his vote.


The federal minister said that the ECP should now prove that he had visited the polling station during cantonment elections. “I will resign from my national assembly seat and as a federal minister if allegations leveled by the ECP are proved accurate,” Ali Zaidi said.

Read More: CANTONMENT BOARD ELECTIONS: VOTING ENDS, UNOFFICIAL RESULTS START POURING IN

The ECP has previously issued directives to the local authorities to expel the federal minister from the constituency over reports of him visiting the polling stations.

However, the minister in a separate tweet said that he went to cast his vote when workers of a candidate acted as sore losers and tried unsuccessfully to create chaos.

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