ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid Monday said the word ‘Pressure’ was not in the dictionary of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Talking to a news channel, the minister said the party had a history of confronting testing times without taking any pressure. He said if Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wanted to remain a victim of over-confidence then let it be, but reality was that PTI had failed to prove rigging in general elections.
Pervaiz Rashid said PTI had alleged that rigging was done with them and their mandate was stolen but failed to provide any evidence in support of their argument, as Election Tribunal had mentioned in its decision that no rigging was done in NA-125.
There were, however, some formalities which the Returning Officers (ROs) had failed to fulfil, he mentioned.
The minister said it was also not mentioned in the decision that Saad Rafique was responsible for the said irregularities or any sort of rigging.
There might be a possibility that Hamid Khan was responsible for the irregularities as about 48 Returning Officers were changed few hours before the elections on the demand of Hamid Khan so that he could level rigging allegations against PML-N after the elections, he underlined.
Pervaiz Rashid said PML-N honored the decision of the Election Tribunal but had some reservations as well.
He said the decision regarding appeal in Supreme Court against the decision of Election Tribunal or going for re-elections in NA-125 would be taken after consultation with political leadership and legal experts of the party.
It would be a collective decision not an individual one, he added.