ECP rejects Imran's allegations of rigging attempts to favour PML-N.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan's allegations that the electoral watchdog chief Sikandar Sultan Raja 'tried to rig' Sunday's Punjab by-polls to favour the ruling PML-N.

'All these allegations have nothing to do with reality. The election commission will continue to perform its duties according to the Constitution and law,' the ECP spokesperson said in a statement issued minutes after the PTI chairman's address On Monday.

In his victory speech earlier today, Imran called the chief election commissioner "dishonest" and asked him to resign, saying free and fair elections cannot take place in the country under his supervision.

"Under this ECP, free and fair election cannot take place. The country's biggest party does not trust it. I ask CEC to resign. We have no confidence in you. You're a biased person and connected with a party," he alleged.

The PTI chief reiterated that free and transparent elections were the only solution to come out of crises. 'The way...