Former Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that 2018 elections, wherein Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged victorious, were not rigged but managed. In an interview, the former federal minister also castigated Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Raja Sultan and alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ‘installed’ the latter through former director-general (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Faiz Hamid. Fawad Chaudhry also claimed that former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa sought an extension from PTI and wanted to get another extension from PML-N. He said 2018 elections were not rigged but ‘managed’. The former minister claimed that when Nawaz Sharif was allowed to travel abroad in 2019, he realised that “work” had started on the other side. He emphasised that the solution to all problems lies in a “Grand Dialogue” and that PML-N and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are realities that need to be engaged with.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan