PPP president demands probe into alleged NA-185 rigging

Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party Central Punjab President Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has demanded an impartial probe into the rigging allegation levelled by Dost Muhammad Khosa, the defeated party candidate in the by-poll held in NA-185, Dera Ghazi Khan. In a statement here on Tuesday, he said that PPP candidate Dost Khosa has levelled serious allegations of rigging in the by-polls for the constituency held last Sunday. “There was an agreement between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the PPP that their runners-up would contest all the by-elections and the other party would support these candidates. But the PML-N violated this agreement in NA-185,” he alleged. The PPP leader asked, “Why did this situation arise despite [the PPP] being a government ally?”