Pakistan govt to bring JC report in Parliament

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) government has decided to present the judicial commission report in the parliament on alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections.

According to reports, matters agreed upon during the formation of the three-judge commission and implementation of the political agreement in March between the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will also be raised in the parliament.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Khursheed Shah had also raised the demand for the report to be presented in the parliament.

On Thursday, the three-member commission released its final report, rejecting claims by PTI Chairman Imran Khan that the 2013 general elections were rigged and saying the polls were largely fair and in accordance with the law.

After the release, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in a nationwide televised address that his party was going to forget whatever happened after the 2013 elections and also hoped that his rivals would also avoid negative politics in the future.

PTI chief Imran Khan said that he accepted the commission’s decision but would give a detailed reaction later after reading their report in full.