[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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They know everything, but to cover the every side, they have to.
Doctor Sahib should not have a say in future, as, the majority of his Karachi fellows jumped...

 

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Pakistan’s youth deliver stinging rebuke to military elite by backing jailed leader Khan​

Analysis by Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN

Mon February 12, 2024

His political party is effectively banned, his speeches are barred from television, and he faces at least 14 years in prison. But as the Pakistan election results show, Imran Khan cannot be suppressed.

Independent candidates affiliated with the former prime minister’s Pakistan Tehereek-e-Insaf (PTI) party secured the most parliamentary seats in last week’s nationwide election, the election commission announced Sunday.

It is a stunning victory for an incarcerated Khan who, two years ago faced a dramatic ouster as prime minister and most recently faced a military-led crackdown analysts say was designed to thwart the cricket icon’s return to power.

“You kept my trust, and your massive turnout has stunned everyone,” an AI-generated video of Khan shared by the PTI that mimicked his voice, said to his millions of followers shortly after his victory. “Now show the strength of protecting your vote.” Khan’s team has previously used AI to deliver his speeches from behind bars.

 

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Old photo of Shahbaz, Lahore
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‘Not that big a deal’: PM Kakar brushes off criticism from US lawmakers on elections​

Caretaker Anwaarul Haq Kakar has brushed off criticism from US lawmakers regarding the general elections and said that it is “not that big a deal”.

He said Pakistan had a huge diaspora in the United States, some of whom had “quite an active role in domestic politics and have their own inclinations towards domestic politics here so at times it is quite easy for you to settle there, participate in local fundraising and you’ll be able to influence one, two or a few members of US Congress”.

Kakar said US Congress members did not “represent the gospel truth” and were not the “pedestal of do [and] does [not]”.

He said there were other important issues for them to comment on.

Trust me. They will change their tune soon. When big daddy speaks like that even the generals pay attention.

 

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Pakistan’s youth deliver stinging rebuke to military elite by backing jailed leader Khan​

Analysis by Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN

Mon February 12, 2024

His political party is effectively banned, his speeches are barred from television, and he faces at least 14 years in prison. But as the Pakistan election results show, Imran Khan cannot be suppressed.

Independent candidates affiliated with the former prime minister’s Pakistan Tehereek-e-Insaf (PTI) party secured the most parliamentary seats in last week’s nationwide election, the election commission announced Sunday.

It is a stunning victory for an incarcerated Khan who, two years ago faced a dramatic ouster as prime minister and most recently faced a military-led crackdown analysts say was designed to thwart the cricket icon’s return to power.

“You kept my trust, and your massive turnout has stunned everyone,” an AI-generated video of Khan shared by the PTI that mimicked his voice, said to his millions of followers shortly after his victory. “Now show the strength of protecting your vote.” Khan’s team has previously used AI to deliver his speeches from behind bars.

Notice how active the Americans have become. This is the right moment to attack the generals. They are at their weakest. You reap what you sow. The generals always enjoyed full support from all peoples. Instead they deviated and chose to play good cop bad cop. Now the Americans have turned against the generals and playing good cop bad cop.

The Americans aren't going to accept these election results because everyone knows what happened. The generals are in a tough spot.

 

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Bigwigs fall on their swords amid ‘shame and disgust’​

Imran Gabol | Tahir Siddiqui | Mohammad Ashfaq
February 13, 2024

Jahangir Khan Tareen, Pir Pagara, Pervez Khattak, Sirajul Haq and Naeemur Rehman