Over 40,000 thumbprints unverified in PP-147: Nadra report

[Devil Soul]

Over 40,000 thumbprints unverified in PP-147: Nadra report
IMRAN GABOL — PUBLISHED 18 minutes ago

PP-147 candidate Mohsin Latif is the nephew of Kulsoom Nawaz. —Photo courtesy: Facebook
LAHORE: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) disclosed on Monday that 40,155 votes polled in the constituency of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mohsin Latif — a nephew of Kulsoom Nawaz — have not been processed due to "poor quality of fingerprints".

A report submitted to an election tribunal in Lahore by Nadra pinpointed various irregularities and casting of bogus votes in PP-147 constituency.

According to the report, of the total of 74,251 votes, the fingerprints on only 24,139 votes' counterfoils matched with fingerprints in Nadra's Citizen Database Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).

A further 1,084 used counterfoils had invalid Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) numbers which had never been issued by Nadra.

The report revealed 134 voters who were not registered in the PP-147 constituency had also cast votes, while 46 votes failed authentication because someone else had voted against the CNIC number on the used counterfoil.

Mistakes in writing down the CNIC numbers of 737 used counterfoils prevented them from being checked against the Nadra database, and 1,862 used counterfoils were found with illegible CNIC numbers.

There are 117 polling stations in PP-147, which falls under the NA-122 constituency. The provincial assembly constituency is one of four National Assembly constituencies where the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had been demanding votes’ and thumb verification since the election results were announced. PTI candidate Shoaib Siddiqui had lost to Mohsin Latif in PP-147 during the May 2013 election.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Now ,its right time to Take back the salaries of ROs and give them punishment.

 

[IceCold]

Not just RO's because they did not acted alone, there had to be someone behind giving them orders or bribing them to do so. Punishing RO's only wont cut it. This scandal should be made public so that people would know what happened.

 

[Leader]

Not just RO's because they did not acted alone, there had to be someone behind giving them orders or bribing them to do so. Punishing RO's only wont cut it. This scandal should be made public so that people would know what happened.

he is nephew of amaan noori

 

[Jzaib]

A further 1,084 used counterfoils had invalid Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) numbers which had never been issued by Nadra.

The report revealed 134 voters who were not registered in the PP-147 constituency had also cast votes, while 46 votes failed authentication because someone else had voted against the CNIC number on the used counterfoil.

Mistakes in writing down the CNIC numbers of 737 used counterfoils prevented them from being checked against the Nadra database, and 1,862 used counterfoils were found with illegible CNIC numbers.

 

[Leader]

This is new trend that they declare that votes are not verifiable, this seems deliberate !