PTI rejects Sindh LG elections, demands fresh polls.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday once again rejected the second phase of local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions, demanding the Election Commission to declare the elections null and void and announce fresh polls immediately Addressing a press conference here, Secretary General PTI Asad Umar called the polls as the 'mostrigged' and said that the members of the electoral body should resign over their alleged failure to hold free and fair LG elections in Sindh. He accused the PPP of stealing the public mandate in the local bodies polls of Karachi by the 'use of force, coercion and intimidation.' 'PTI would not accept this (rigging) in any way.' Asad - who was flanked by other party leaders and lawmakers including Amir Dogar and Riaz Fatyana - said that alleged rigging started on the morning of the election day as a video posted on social media showed election staff stamping ballot papers.

He added that even balloting material was also sent to some polling stations with delay. He went on to say that PTI leader Amjad Afridi had clearly mentioned in the video how 1,000 votes were brought to the polling station.

However, he said that Afridi was arrested and tortured rather than action should have been taken against those who rigged the polls.

The PTI secretary general further claimed that the election staff was pressurized but the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seemed helpless and miserably failed to...