ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Human Rights Commission of Pakistan co-chair Munizae Jahangir says the caretaker government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should ensure transparent elections.
At a press conference, Jahangir, flanked by Farhatullah Babar, said election environment was being vitiated and the government coming to power (in such circumstances) would have no credibility.
At a press conference held in Islamabad earlier today, HRCP has said it is deeply concerned by the overall deterioration in human rights, which needs urgent attention as the new year unfolds. Foremost is the blatant manipulation of the electoral landscape in which one political… pic.twitter.com/UltNU3PjS5
— Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (@HRCP87) January 1, 2024She said transparency was the cornerstone of a credible election. The state of human rights in the country was alarming, she said, as a party had been deliberated damaged.
Farhatullah Babar said rigging was under way; those submitting nomination papers were being arrested. People would lose trust in such an election, he said while predicting chaos in the days to come.