Khan wanted a secret meeting with Chief Election Commissioner

Former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan made a request to Pakistan’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja for a secret meeting. However, Raja refused to meet Imran Khan secretly, reports Umar Cheema for The News.

Khan had asked Raja to hold a secret meeting by sending many messengers to him. A constitutional official also made a special trip from Islamabad and held a meeting with Raja and asked him to meet the former PM.

According to a person with knowledge of the meeting between Raja and the official, Raja was willing to meet any politician in his office, even the prime minister. But he stressed that he would not meet in secret or in the PM’s Office. The constitutional office-holder also offered Raja a prized position if he left his post as CEC.

Imran Khan recently accused Raja of holding a “secret meeting” in Lahore with Maryam Nawaz and Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shehbaz. A source close to the CEC has denied the allegations.

Fawas Chaudhry and Azam Swati accused the CEC of accepting a bribe and serving as a spokesman for the then-opposition. Both of them privately approached Raja to ask for forgiveness, according to a source of The News.