Police claimed to have recovered 90,000 'fake'ballot papers from a vehicle in Chakdara area of Lower Dir district on Sunday. DIG Malakand range Obaidullah Khan told a private TV channel that the police team had recovered and confiscated the National Assembly ballot papers during the search of a vehicle and that the papers were not carrying the seal of the Election Commission of Pakistan and appeared to be 'fake'. Two persons were also taken into custody.
Meanwhile, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received the initial report about 90,000 fake confiscated ballot papers from Chakara, Lower Dir on Sunday morning.
A spokesman of the Commission said the ballot papers were printed by Jamaat-i-Islami, however these were not meant for rigging purposes.
He said Jamaat-e-Islami had printed these ballot papers for voters' education. ECP is still investigating the issue.