<span style="color: #222222;">Amid the federal government formation hitting a stalemate in Pakistan after a fractured general election mandate, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta resigned from his post on Saturday. The resignation comes amidst protests against electoral irregularities, especially rigging. According to media reports, the Commissioner held a press conference at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in which he tendered his resignation, saying that he had done injustice to the people of Rawalpindi Division.</span><br />''<br />''He admitted that "rigging" took place in Rawalpindi Division and took responsibility for it. He said that they converted the losers into winners with 50,000 votes margin. He claimed and surrendered himself before the police. Mr. Chattha claimed that even today the election staff are affixing fake stamps on the ballot papers.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the Punjab government has rejected the allegation of rigging by the senior official. Caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir said that this is neither a revelation nor a confession of the crime, this is a claim and an allegation to harm the credibility of the elections. He said that he strongly rejects the allegations made by Mr. Chatta.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">In a parallel development, following the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's announcement to hold protest demonstrations in the capital, the Islamabad Deputy Commissioner refused to grant permission to hold protests on Saturday. The Imran Khan-led party PTI had called for nationwide protests today against "rigging" in the 2024 general elections. </span>