A report pertaining to verification of voters' thumb impression reveals massive rigging in Karachi's PS-114, with over 14,000 fake votes cast in the provincial assembly's constituency. Son-in-law of former president Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Irfanullah Khan Marwat (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz), had been declared as successful candidate from PS-114 defeating Abdul Rauf Siddiqui of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) with a margin of around 7,000 votes in May 11 polls.
Rauf Siddiqui had filed a complaint against him alleging that Marwat had made the entire polling staff of the constituency hostage and rigged the elections. Following Rauf Siddiqui's complaint, the election tribunal had on August 3 directed the Nadra to verify the thumb impressions of voters of certain polling stations in PS-114. The PML-N leader had prayed to the court to set aside the tribunal order and restrain Nadra from verification of thumb impressions of voters. Following the filing of Marwat's constitutional petition against the verification of thumb impression of voters on ballots in PS-114, the Sindh High Court on October 2 had issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan, Nadra and the respondent Muttahida leader.
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