Pak Claims Concern by US Over Its Elections Due to Misunderstanding – News18

Pakistan on Thursday said that the concerns a top US official raised over last month’s general elections and its outcome were due to a “misunderstanding” of its internal situation and election laws.

Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch at a weekly press briefing was responding to queries about the remarks by US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu at a congressional hearing that if the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) failed to investigate allegations of irregularities in the February 8 elections, it will retard America’s relationship with Pakistan.

According to state-run Radio Pakistan, Baloch said some statements made there reflected a misunderstanding of Pakistan’s domestic situation and electoral laws. Jailed former premier Imran Khan has accused the current government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the powerful military establishment and the top electoral body of being behind last month’s allegedly manipulated polls, the authenticity of which his party has questioned.

Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaft: party has refused to accept the outcome of the polls, alleging that the results were manipulated. Though more than 90 independent candidates backed by the.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)