[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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System is down, something is fishy.
Too slow.

Which system?

 

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Which system?

EC has their software set up for the result, they said it's not working, now it is settled ????

 

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National Assembly...

 

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Was anyone else the most dressed person at their polling station?

 

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The 5 types of voters you’ll probably meet on election day​

Be prepared for lots of selfies featuring inked thumbs.

Images Staff
06 Feb, 2024

Voting day — whether it’s your first time voting or you’re a seasoned voter, you will definitely see these five types of voters at your polling session.

1. The over-prepared one​

This person was READY for voting day before the Election Commission of Pakistan was ready. They have all the required official, original documents on hand — and yes, they will be reminding you repeatedly in the line that you should only have original documents. Try to ignore the slightly holier-than-thou tone, they’re just excited for the big day.

Their over-preparedness will make you feel under-prepped and have you checking your pockets twice to make sure you have identification (original, of course) and are at the right polling station.

These people know all about the candidates standing from their constituencies and have researched not just them but those in the neighbouring constituencies too. They will most certainly be showing off their knowledge in the lines, but maybe others should listen when they are talking and can make a more informed decision.

2. The one who wants to show off their inked thumb​

This person — probably a first-time voter — is only there to get the little ink notch on their thumb so that they can show off that they voted. Their Instagram story with five different hashtags will be uploaded before you have even woken up that day.

The story is, of course, separate from the elaborate Instagram post detailing their entire experience and concluding with another picture of their thumb, maybe with their friends and families’ thumb pictures as well.
This person sometimes overlaps with another category, which is…

3. The freebie collector​

The freebie collector is just that — voting to show their mark and collect all possible free goodies and discounts various outlets offer.

• Free coffee? Check.
• Free doughnut? Check.
• Free cookie? Check.
• Minor discount at clothing store? Check.

This person may not be the most informed voter, but they’ll definitely turn up and vote. As soon as they exit the polling station they zoom over to the nearest place offering free goodies, thumb at the ready.

4. The cynic​

The cynic is skeptical of everything and anything. Go ahead and ask them anything. Are the elections free and fair at all? Are any candidates trustworthy?

Does one party have a higher chance of winning over the other? They have doubts about EVERYTHING.

The cynic is recognisable by the permanent frown gracing their face. This is the person who will stand next to you in line and spew multiple conspiracy theories about why “the system is broken”. Which system, you ask? All of them.
But even with all their doubts, they’ll still turn up to vote — and we’re proud of them!

5. The underprepared​

This person is on the opposite end of the spectrum from those who are over-prepared, that is, they simply don’t know anything about what is going on and what they should be doing on election day.

They most definitely pulled up to the polling station with a copy of their CNIC instead of the original and will be making at least one trip back home because of how many things they forgot to bring with them.

Someone in line will probably have to remind them to text their CNIC number to 8300 so they can find out their silsila number two minutes before they enter the station. Will they remember to submit their phone after entering? Probably not.

Be ready for a lot of questions if you stand next to them in line — but hey, at least they’re voting! They can be identified by the perpetual confused look on their faces and the frantic searching of their pockets and bags.

Regardless of which category you fall under, or if you have a special sixth category, we urge all our readers to make their voices heard and cast their votes this election day. And hey, you might just get a free coffee out of it!

 

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Politicians are like Diapers, they both need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason.

 

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Gandapur may be next K-P CM​

PTI acquires simple majority in province; doesn’t need other party’s seats

February 10, 2024

Ali Amin Gandapur. PHOTO: File


The PTI has secured the required majority in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to form its government for the third consecutive time in the province with the party’s provincial president, Ali Amin Gandapur, likely to be the chief minister -- the third from Dera Ismail Khan.

The PTI-affiliated independent candidates clinched National Assembly and provincial legislature seats in several districts of K-P in the general elections held a day earlier.

They have managed to win all the seats in Chitral, Abbottabad, Swat, Charsadda, Swabi, Nowshera, Mohmand, Khyber, Mardan, and Bannu.

According to the results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PTI-nominated candidates have secured all the seats from PK-1 Chitral to PK-15 Lower Dir.

In the 145-member K-P Assembly, 73 seats are required to form the government while the PTI-backed candidates have already bagged 76 slots in the provincial legislature, according to the results issued by the ECP.

This means that the PTI has obtained a simple majority and come into a position to form a government on its own in the province, not requiring the seats of other parties.

The PTI formed its government in K-P for the first time in 2013 with Pervez Khattak as the chief minister.

The second time the party formed its government in K-P was in 2018 with Mahmood Khan as the provincial chief executive.

This is the third time that the PTI will form its government in the province, completing a hat-trick.

The PTI’s K-P president, Ali Amin Gandapur, is likely to become the chief minister of the province.

Before him, Mufti Mehmood and Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur -- both from Dera Ismail Khan -- have served as the chief executive of the province.

Sardar Ali Amin Gandapur was a provincial minister in the first term of the PTI in K-P. He went on to become a federal minister during its tenure in the Centre.

However, as the PTI-nominated candidates contested the polls independently, the party will not receive any reserved seats for women and minorities.

Despite forming the government, Article 63A of the Constitution that deals with disqualification on grounds of defection will not apply to its members – meaning they can leave the party any time they want.

Apart from this, they will also not be sanctioned for violating the party.

 

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Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) founder Jahangir Khan Tareen suffered defeat in Multan against PTI-backed Malik Aamir Dogar. The former PTI luminary garnered a mere 50,166 votes, paling in comparison to Dogar's commanding 143,613 votes.

Similarly, Pervez Khattak, the founder of PTI-Parliamentarians and a former PTI member who previously held the position of the party's K-P chief minister, faced defeat in Nowshera's NA-33 seat.

In a decisive electoral contest, he lost by an overwhelming margin of 66,000 votes to Syed Shah Ahad Ali Shah, an independent candidate backed by PTI.

The provisional results from the ECP revealed Shah's victory with an impressive 93,429 votes, while the former K-P chief, Pervez Khattak, secured 26,574 votes.

 

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In a fiercely competitive race, Sardar Latif Khosa, supported by PTI, secured victory over PML-N's Saad Rafique, garnering an impressive 117,109 votes compared to Rafique's 77,907.

PTI leader Gohar Ali Khan, currently representing the party in the absence of its founder, Imran Khan, who is incarcerated, sailed to success in his hometown of Buner, securing an impressive 110,023 votes. The runner-up, ANP's Abdul Rauf, trailed behind with 30,302 votes.