Asfand­yar says he has allowe­d his party’s MPAs-elect to join hands with BNP-M to form coalit­ion govt in Baloch­istanSHABQADAR:Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has alleged that the recently held general elections in the country were rigged and demanded a re-election without the deployment of security forces. The ANP chief also blamed state institutions, including the election commission, security forces and the judiciary, for the ‘massive rigging’ in the elections. The ANP chief said his party did not believe in violence, but “don’t push us against the wall”. Saeed Ghani calls for investigations into rigging allegationsIn a veiled warning, the ANP chief said the country might see instability as those “selected” to run the country were “not the true representatives of the people”. The gathering was part of a province-wide protest organised on the call of the ANP and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F).

Source: The Express Tribune July 30, 2018 12:58 UTC