ECP fixes contempt hearing against Jamshed Iqbal Cheema

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed a contempt hearing against Jamshed Iqbal Cheema following his serious allegations in a television program, ARY News reported on Saturday.

A two-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hear the contempt case against Cheema on December 21.

Cheema has been issued a notice by ECP over levelling allegations against the commission for being involved in vote-rigging and bribery.

The commission summoned evidence from Cheema to prove his allegations. Earlier, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema had alleged that Election Commission of Pakistan officials were involved in vote-rigging and bribery.

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Earlier in October, a day after the rejection of the nomination papers of PTI leader Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, and his wife for NA-133 (Lahore) by-poll scheduled for Dec 5, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had dismissed the allegations he levelled against it as ill-founded.

The returning officer (RO) had rejected the nomination papers of Cheema and his wife Musarrat (his covering candidate) on the ground that the proposers and seconders for the two are not residents of the constituency as required under the relevant election laws.

The election body had said Cheema accused it of transferring the votes of his proposers from NA-133 to some other constituency. The commission had said their votes are registered in NA-130 since 2018, adding that 2018 voter lists and subsequent review lists are available on record to back up its claim.