Khan made the allegation during an interview telecast on a private television channel, in which he said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not win the elections in a free and fair manner. He said during the interview that the Chief Election Commissioner former Justice Fakhruddin G Ebrahim had closed his eyes to the massive rigging. The former additional secretary said that the Election Commission had been put under tremendous pressure during the alleged rigging. Khan said that judges were also involved in fixing the vote and that hearing in voter fraud cases was deliberately delayed.
Former Law Minister Rana Sanaullah dismissed Afzal Khan's remarks and said, "People like this are specially prepared for occasions such as this".