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The PTI said on Sunday that the Form 47 of 18 National Assembly (NA) seats allegedly won by the party were \u201cfalsely changed\u201d by returning officers (RO).<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s general election had seen mobile services suspended and a delay in the announcement of the preliminary results, an exercise which was extended till the weekend.<\/p>\n
On Friday, following the victory of candidates with its support, the PTI had claimed<\/a> it had become the single largest party in the Centre and two provinces and vowed to get back its iconic \u2018bat\u2019 symbol.<\/p>\n In an AI-generated message on Imran Khan\u2019s official X account, a message attributed to the erstwhile party chief congratulated supporters on winning the 2024 general elections and securing a two-thirds majority. The message also echoed allegations of rigging, claiming that the party was winning \u201c170 seats\u201d according to Form 45s.<\/p>\n Separately, PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan had lamented that when the results started pouring in late on Thursday night and the trend clearly showed that PTI was taking a clear lead in the Centre, KP, and Punjab, the \u201cpoll manipulators\u201d first slowed down the process of announcement of results and subsequently halted the process altogether to \u201ctamper with the results\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cPTI candidates were clearly winning with a huge margin in several constituencies, including Islamabad at night, but ironically, their clear victory was converted into defeat in the morning because political engineering was going on behind the scenes,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n It should be mentioned that political parties, including PTI, Jamaat-i-Islami and Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan, have also been staging protests<\/a> against alleged rigging in the polls.<\/p>\n Today, PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub said the Form 47 (provisional results) of 18 National Assembly seats were \u201cfalsely changed\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThese seats have been won by PTI. The mandate given by the people of Karachi to PTI is being stolen by these corrupt, spineless bureaucrats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n A day ago, he had sent a \u201cclear message\u201d to ROs and warned them about initiating legal cases against them for \u201ctampering with Form 47s maliciously\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have betrayed public trust. We will name you in Parliament and summon you before the parliamentary committees. We will pursue cases against you until you are dismissed from service.<\/p>\n \u201cThe choice is yours. Rectify your blunder or then face legal consequences and the penalty imposed on you by the courts,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n