Commissioner Rawalpindi Liaquat Ali Chatha has announced to step down from his post over massive rigging in recently held general elections.

‘Returning Officers changed results for 13 candidates in Rawalpindi’

In a statement, Liaquat Ali Chatha (PMS (ex-PCS)/BS-20) admitted to his role in election rigging in Rawalpindi Division. He mentioned that returning officers under his command manipulated results for at least 13 political candidates in Rawalpindi Division.

Chatha says he has done injustice to people in Rawalpindi Division. Delving into details, the Commissioner revealed manipulating candidates’ votes. He further blamed all administrative institutions including police and the election commission for election fraud.

Chatta said he was handing himself to the police for rigging and he deserved capital punishment. He claimed that candidates who were losing polls were declared winners with lead of 50,000 votes each.

He further mentioned having suicidal thoughts for his role in rigging but then decided to expose everything before the people of Pakistan.

The senior official made shocking remarks when protests erupted across the country with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), JUI-F and other parties alleging widespread electoral fraud in the recently concluded polls.