August 9,2018:

While taking a dig at Chief Election Commissioner, Justice (Retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza, Pakistan’s Chief Justice Saqib Nisar stated that he called him thrice on the polling day but he didn’t pick up and was likely sleeping.

Chief Justice Nisar made the comments during hearing of a case regarding rejection of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Abida Raja’s nomination papers for a reserved seat.

Chief Justice added that he was astonished at current state of the Election Commission.

Pakistani went to vote on July 25 in a tense election to choose a new government. At least 35 people were killed in an Islamic State suicide attack and poll-related violence on the polling day.

Chief Justice quipped that it was a smooth sailing on the election day, until the Election Commission messed up.

He expressed hsi displeasure over the failure of the Result Transmission System during the elections, stating that Election Commission spent millions on the technology yet it failed.

Source HT

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