ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said Local Bodies (LB) election results had validated the mandate of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and transparency of general elections 2013.
In an interview to PTV news he said, it had become a habit of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to level rigging allegations after every election defeat. PTI accepted results of Khyber Pakhtuankhwa (KPK) elections and started hue and cry on Punjab's results where they faced defeats in most of the constituencies, he added.
The speaker said, PTI was using rigging allegations for their political survival.
He said, "I accepted the Election Tribunal's judgment adding that the tribunal had put the blame on election machinery. I and PML-N was not made responsible of any irregularity."
Ayaz said,"I won the elections against Imran Khan in 2002, 2013 and 2015. In by-election Aleem Khan, the PTI's candidate and Imran Khan were contesting election against me. I have made hat-trick against PTI which is not being digested by them."
He said, "I was so confident after Election Tribunal's judgement and decided to go into the court of public as I did not make any irregularity in general elections 2013."
To a query he said the opposition was being given more time than treasury benches during National Assembly proceedings.
To another question he said, he had spent money on election campaign within the limit allowed by election commission of Pakistan and the election campaign was mainly run by his friends and supporters. While PTI's candidate had spent huge money on the by-election campaign.
The Speaker informed that the courses of parliamentary practices had been introduced. The recruitment process of National Assembly staff had been given to Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) aimed at inducting best of the best people.
He said, the media had been allowed for live courage of question hour during the National Assembly session.
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