Pakistan elections: Rawalpindi commissioner resigns admitting to tampering results

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Liaquat Ali Chattha, the election commissioner for Rawalpindi, announced his resignation addressing the media on Saturday where he told reporters he was under “pressure” from top officials to manipulate the results. “I am taking the responsibility for all this wrongdoing and telling you that the chief election commissioner and the chief justice are also completely involved in this,” he said, according to Dawn News. open image in gallery Supporters of Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party 'Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf' chant slogans during a protest against alleged vote-rigging in some constituencies in the parliamentary elections, in Karachi, Pakistan The allegations of rigging were rejected by the Election Commission of Pakistan, which said it never plays a “direct role in the conduct of elections”. “The Election Commission of Pakistan strongly rejects the allegations levelled by Commissioner Rawalpindi on the chief election commissioner or the election commission and no official of the election commission never issued any instructions regarding changing the election results to Commissioner Rawalpindi,” it said in a statement.