Pak PM Warns of ‘Weaponisation’ of Social Media to Blackmail and Pressurise Civil Servants – News18

Amid the political uncertainty plaguing Pakistan, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday warned that some elements were using different tricks, including the “weaponisation” of social media, to blackmail and pressurise civil servants to switch their loyalties from the State to the violent gang.

Kakar’s warning came two days after Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha, in a bombshell press conference on Saturday, alleged that he oversaw the rigging to deprive jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: party of 13 seats which were given to candidates who were “losing” the elections in the garrison city.

Before resigning from his post, Chattha also claimed that Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja were involved in the alleged rigging and resigned from his office after “accepting responsibility” for the manipulation of poll results.

Taking to his official X handle, the Kakar said: There should be no doubt about our commitment to these noble civil servants serving the state and the people of Pakistan.

He acknowledged that the people of Pakistan have “spoken with a clear voice on February 8 and have given a split mandate.”

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