GHAZNI/KABUL (PAN): A campaign manger of presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has complained about ‘rigging’ in presidential elections in southern Ghazni province.
Haji Zaman said election observers were unable to visit any district of the province. “In most districts, there was fraud at the polling centres as all the process pushed forward by government officials,†he claimed.
Giving no details, Zaman blamed governor Dr. Muhammad Osman Osmani for casting 80 percent of votes in favour of incumbent President Karzai. However, the spokesman for the governor termed the allegations as baseless.
Mazhabi Ihsanullah Haqyar’s campaign manger, on the other hand, said supporters of Abdullah were persuading voters to cast their ballots in his favour at
IEC regional head Nadar Nekyar has also confirmed they had received complains from some candidates. He said an investigation has been launched into those complaints.
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One of the 34 presidential candidates Mirwais Yasini who cast his vote at one of the polling stations at
He hoped the elections might be free, fair and transparent.
Another presidential hopeful and former attorney General Abdul Jabbar Sabit said the elections were held in a disciplined manner. However, he said the turnout in
Terming the polls as legitimate, he said the low turnout could bring the elections under question.
Shahla Ata, a female presidential aspirant, complained about removal of the Silver Nitrate Ink.
Ata who cast her ballot at
Shahnawaz Tani, who went to
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