Ayaz Amir, who contested the Feb 8 polls with the support of the PTI, has said: “What were mechanics of rigging in my Chakwal constituency NA-58 […] the one thing done early in the evening was that the office of the returning officer (RO) was sealed.”

Speaking a press conference in Islamabad organised by the PTI, he said that the RO’s office was sealed by the police and the “caretakers of the caretakers”.

He said that he visited the RO office at 6pm on election day but he was kicked out around 7:30-8pm. “Which means that the RO and other people were there and they could do what they wanted,” he said.

He said that he was in possession of the “original” Form 45 of all polling stations in his constituency.