Electoral rolls go doubtful as 235000 NICs get cancelled
Nisar revealed that 6000 Id cards had been cancelled in 2013 from June to December
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has claimed the cancellation of 235,000 fake national ID cards, opening a new Pandora’s box while all these ID cards had been enrolled in 2013 election’s voter lists and has raised questions over transparency of these elections, reported Dunya News on Monday.
Nisar revealed that 6000 ID cards had been cancelled in 2013 from June to December, 22000 in 2014, 960,686 in 2015 and 111,000 ID cards have been blocked in the year 2016.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) sources stated that all fake ID cards were registered in 2013 general elections. The identification of a total number of bogus votes would be detected through proper audit but might take a long period of time, the sources added.
