JI alleges rigging in Akhtar Colony vote re-counting.

KARACHI -- Jamaat Islami on Thursday alleged rigging in re-counting of votes in Union Committee-VI of Akhtar Colony, media reported.

Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, JI local chief and candidate for Karachi Mayor, held PPP leader Saeed Ghani as responsible for rigging in recounting. 'Our 350 votes were rejected at five polling stations in Falcon House School,' he claimed. 'We have told the election commission Sindh, what is happening,' Hafiz Naeem said.

'We knew well how the PPP uses people and provides jobs in a particular manner,' he said. 'The People's Party and the election commission should understand that the JI won't withdraw from a single vote,' he said.

'You are depriving the people of Karachi; we will raise voice and won't talk until the results are not corrected. We want result of votes, the people have entrusted us,' he demanded.

'The recounting of votes also going to happen at the Gulshan Hadeed UC and according to our reports, they have made preparations to forge...

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