[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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PTI breaks the ice with perennial nemesis Fazl​

Both sides find common ground on rigging in elections; PTI nominee for Balochistan CM slot didn’t contest election on any PA seat.

 

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Clarity on coalition’s power-sharing formula likely today​

PPP circles suggest custodians of both houses may be from Sindh; PML-N floats Ayaz Sadiq as counter-offer to PPP names for NA speaker.

 

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ECP rejects Nawaz’s plea against Mansehra defeat​

Withholds Awn’s victory notification; orders probe into NA-27 rigging allegation.

 

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ECP power to withdraw electoral symbol challenged​

Lawyer files public interest plea in LHC, assailing the vires of Section 215 of Elections Act 2017.

 

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PTI, JI unite in protest against alleged election rigging​

Updated Feb 16, 21:20
In a significant development, a delegation from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) met with leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, where both parties expressed their concerns over the alleged rigging in the recent general elections and announced a joint protest against the perceived irregularities.

PTI leader and former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, addressed the media after the meeting, stating that the two parties had a one-point agenda at this time – to protest against what they termed as "rigged" elections.

Qaiser emphasised that the level of rigging alleged in this election is unprecedented, prompting the need for collective action among parties that have raised their voices against it.

"We have decided to meet all the parties who raised their voice against this rigging. We will sit together and think about the next course of action. Decisions will not be made in closed rooms. At this time, the country is moving towards instability, and we will also fight a legal battle," said Qaiser.

 

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ECP withdraws notification of Aun Chaudhry's poll win​

Feb 15,
The ECP withdrew the notification of IPP candidate Aun Chaudhry's election victory. The electoral watchdog's DG law informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) of the decision.

The ECP official informed the court that the oversight was committed by the body, hence the notification was withdrawn and added that the ECP will decide after hearing the plea by Salman Akram Raja.

 

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IHC hears Shaukat Basra’s plea against NA-163 electoral results​

Feb 15,
IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq heard PTI candidate Shaukat Basra’s plea against NA-163 election results. PML-Zia’s president Ijaz-ul-Haq has been declared the winner of the constituency.

Asked by the judge to focus only on the legal matter instead of making a political speech, Basra’s told the court that he secured 98,000 votes, and the PML-N candidate got the second-highest votes. “But Ijaz-ul-Haq, who ranked third, was notified as the successful candidate,” he said.

“I have all Form 45, even if one is wrong then the court should punish me,” he said.

The IHC judge reserved the verdict after observing how could a judge from Bahawalnagar be summoned by a court in Islamabad.

 

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