ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has strongly condemned what it called widespread electoral rigging, blatant attempts to manipulate results, and the open use of state machinery in various constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan.
According to PTI’s Central Media Department, “PTI candidates were clearly leading until 7 pm in the initial results and unofficial counts. However, immediately afterwards, results from specific polling stations began to emerge with suspiciously high turnouts exceeding 80 percent, and individual ballot boxes yielding 700 to 800 votes — figures that raise serious doubts. This constitutes a shameful stain on the entire electoral process and its transparency. Furthermore, PTI polling agents are being denied Form 46, a clear violation of election laws that has further intensified fears of result manipulation.”
In areas including Nagar and others, evidence has emerged of individuals from opposing parties being caught red-handed with fake ballot papers. Reports indicate that some elements were apprehended in the act early in the morning, providing what PTI described as irrefutable proof that the alleged rigging is part of a well-planned and systematic conspiracy.
The statement further said, “PTI wishes to highlight that this rigging is not limited to polling day alone. The entire electoral exercise was made controversial even before polling through pre-poll rigging. Voter lists were tampered with in specific constituencies, the same voters were added to multiple polling stations, police and administration were allegedly used to alter constituency delimitations and polling schemes, and opposition candidates and workers were systematically harassed and pressured.”
It added that all these actions prove that the “Form 47-producing government” has once again crossed every limit to allegedly steal the public mandate.
PTI stated that any attempt to manipulate the results would have serious consequences, adding that the party would employ every constitutional, legal, and democratic avenue to protect the votes of its supporters.
PTI demanded that authentic results from all polling stations be released immediately, that Forms 45 and 46 be provided to every candidate without delay, that a swift inquiry be conducted into suspicious polling stations with strict action against those responsible, and that the Election Commission fulfill its constitutional duty by ensuring complete transparency.
The party assured the people of Gilgit-Baltistan that their votes would be protected at all costs and that no one would be allowed to “loot the public mandate.”
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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