[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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PTI to ally with Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen in Punjab and Centre, with Jamaat-i-Islami in KP​

Dawn.com
February 13, 2024

PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.

 

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Nawaz Sharif claims victory according to Al Jazeera and CNBC.

 

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MWM welcomes, JI weighs alliance offer from PTI​

Feb 14, 01:02

The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) began its consultation on Tuesday on joining the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independents to form a coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), while the Muttahida Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) welcomed the alliance with the PTI.

Earlier, in the day, the PTI announced making a government at the Centre and in Punjab with the support of the MWM and in K-P with the JI. Qaisar Sharif, the JI central information secretary, confirmed that both parties were engaged in discussions shortly after the elections.

Sharif said that the PTI’s proposal for a coalition government in K-P came under discussion during a meeting in Islamabad. However, he clarified that JI had not yet provided a definitive answer. “Consultations are under way, and a response to the PTI will be delivered in due course,” he said.

Separately, MWM chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas expressed wholehearted enthusiasm for his party’s alliance with PTI. He affirmed his party’s steadfast support for Imran since the “regime change” events in April 2022, vowing allegiance “till the last drop of our blood”.

“We advocate unity in Pakistan and aspire to witness progress in our country,” he told a private news channel. There were no ulterior motives or demands made to the PTI, he said, adding that the events surrounding the PTI were unjust.

Expressing regret over the recent laws, which he alleged, were aimed at suppressing the PTI, Abbas denounced the promotion of certain political parties through an agenda in a democratic culture. “I hope sanity prevails now,” he said.

“We have conveyed to Imran that we stand by him on his principles until the last drop of our blood,” he said. In a separate statement, he underscored that the MWM belonged to Imran, stating, “He [Imran] can decide whatever he wants regarding this party, and we will accept it unconditionally and willingly.”

 

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Smaller parties take centre stage as nation waits for next government​

Feb 14, 2024

As Pakistan’s three mainstream political forces rush to stitch together coalitions after the Feb. 8 general elections, smaller parties find themselves playing an unexpected make-or-break role in the formation of the next government.

Several regional and religiopolitical parties with a few seats between them will be crucial in determining who gets to head the central and provincial governments.

These include the Muttahida Quami Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and the Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q).

 

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PDM leaders renew coalition, decide to form unity govt​

Renewing Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) coalition in a bid to form government, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that he and other political leaders have decided to form the government together, inviting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to also become part of reconciliation process.

 

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Nawaz nominates Shehbaz for PM, Maryam for Punjab CM​

Feb 13,

In a significant political development, former three-time prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has nominated his brother, Shehbaz Sharif, for the position of Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Additionally, he has put forward his daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, as the nominee for the post of Chief Minister of Punjab.

This announcement was made by the party's spokesperson, Marriyum Aurangzeb, in a statement shared on her official social media handle on Tuesday night.

 

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Not being shifted to Bani Gala: Imran​

Feb 13,
PTI founder Imran Khan, who is incarcerated at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, has said that he is not being shifted to Bani Gala — his residence in Islamabad.

“The nation has awakened. The people have given us the biggest mandate in Pakistan’s history. It is our responsibility to carry this mandate forward,” he said in a message from prison via his family.

 

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