[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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Mahmood Khan Achakzai writes letter to ECP seeking postponement of presidential elections​

Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking the postponement of presidential elections.

It must be noted that Achakzai is the nominee of Sunni Ittehad Council — the new home of the PTI — for the coveted post of president.

The letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, said that the electoral college prescribed for the election of the president under the law and Constitution was “incomplete”. It highlighted that there were some reserved seats in the national and provincial assemblies which were vacant as no one was elected to them.

“[…] If the presidential election is conducted as per the schedule that would be denial of their votes, which otherwise is against the fundamental rights, law and Constitution,” the letter stated.

It pointed out that the completion of the electoral college was not possible unless members on reserved seats were elected.
Achakzai demanded that the presidential elections be delayed or postponed until the complete of the electoral college

 

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Gandapur decries ‘stolen mandate’, urges public to participate in PTI protest on Sunday​

KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has once again claimed that the PTI’s mandate in the February 8 general elections was “stolen” and urged the public to participate in the party’s protest against alleged rigging on Sunday.

In a press conference, he demanded that an independent commission be formed to investigate the claims of poll rigging.

 

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Only public has ‘authority’ to give us ‘anti-state certificate’: PTI’s Omar Ayub​

PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub has said that only the public has the “authority” to declare his party “anti-state”, adding that they chose to vote for the PTI.

Speaking to the media in Islamabad, he said: “We are patriotic Pakistanis. The [right to give the] certificate of [being] anti-state is neither in the hands of the National Assembly speaker nor in anyone else’s.

“The authority or ability to give this certificate is in the hands of the Pakistani public. Pakistan’s public has sent us here (National Assembly),” he added.

The PTI-backed MNA also challenged his political rivals to win if elections were conducted again.

 

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MQM-P’s Farooq Sattar says delay doesn’t matter as long as cabinet picks are right ones​

MQM-P lawmaker Farooq Sattar says a delay doesn’t matter as long as cabinet selections are the right ones.

In a video posted by We News, he says: “The people that will be given the ministries should be competent enough to live up to the hopes of the people.”

 

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PPP’s candidate Zardari recounts 18th Amendment success on day of presidential elections​

PPP’s presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari has recounted the 18th Amendment passed during his tenure as president.
Speaking to a journalist at the Parliament as he arrived to cast his vote, he said, “We simply advised it, it was the Parliament with a two-thirds majority that made it happen.”

 

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Balochistan CM Sarfraz Bugti hails Asif Zardari for 18th Amendment, NFC award​

Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has credited presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari for paving the way for the 18th Amendment and the National Finance Commission (NFC) award.

Addressing the media alongside PPP leader Sanaullah Zehri today, CM Bugti said the people of Balochistan were provided employment and development funds due to the NFC award.

“The PPP will again, from the President’s House, bring all the federation units together,” he said. “President Zardari will visit Balochistan soon and be apprised of provincial problems.”

CM Bugti promised that the PPP would become “the voice of Balochistan”, adding that all the issues with the federal government would be resolved peacefully through the President’s House.

 

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Zardari sweeps Balochistan votes during presidential election: unofficial results​

The coalition government’s nominee Asif Ali Zardari has clean swept the Balochistan Assembly votes during the presidential election, according to unofficial results.

Forty-seven members from Balochistan cast their votes, with all of them voting for Zardari and none for PTI-backed Mahmood Khan Achakzai.

Fifteen members were absent from the assembly.

 

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Zardari gets 246 votes from Punjab in presidential election​

Presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari has received 246 votes in the Punjab Assembly while his opponent PkMAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai managed to only get 100 votes, according to preliminary results.

Out of the 352 cast votes, six were rejected. The counting of votes took place under the Election Commission of Pakistan’s presiding officer Nisar Durrani

 

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Zardari garners 151 votes from Sindh in presidential election​

Asif Ali Zardari has received 151 votes from Sindh in the presidential election while PkMAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai only managed nine votes, according to unofficial and preliminary results.