MQM-P accuses PPP of rigging, decides to take legal action.

KARACHI -- Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Waseem Akhtar said on Tuesday the recently contested local elections had revealed the true face of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) while also accusing PPP of rigging in the elections.

Speaking to media, the MQM-P leader said the people of Karachi and Hyderabad had rejected these elections and the masses had not voted for the PPP despite inauthentic delimitations, besides accusing PPP of pre-poll rigging.

Mr Akhtar, while announcing to take the issue to the court, said the MQM-P wanted to appeal before the chief justice to take the suo moto notice of the hooliganism and rigging in the local elections.

He suggested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to appoint some credible and capable persons while claiming the whole world knew the way recently held elections were held by ECP.

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