EU rejects MQM’s criticism on report

KARACHI — Chief Election Observer of the European Union (EU) Michael Gahler yesterday rejected the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s claim that a report submitted by a EU delegation on the February 18 elections had cast aspersions on party’s role and reiterated that it would not change the contents of the report.
“The EU Observer Mission does not take sides or make allegations and we have no intention to withdraw or delete any remarks that had appeared in the report to be deleted,” Gahler declared while addressing a Press conference at the Karachi Press Club.
Gahler affirmed that ‘observers findings were prepared without taking sides and only the facts observed by the men of integrity with no bias have been published in the report.
MQM had complained to the EU observers that the report had material that was anti-MQM and far from truth.