Pakistan Election 2024
\nIndependent candidates backed by PTI are leading Pakistan Election 2024
\nIslamabad
\nWorld media is divided on Pakistan\u2019s general elections held amid security unrest and political disconnect; however, shutdown of connectivity on polling day and painfully slow release of unofficial results have given rise to allegations of rigging casting doubts on the overall credibility of the vote worldwide.
\nPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and the independent candidates supported by Imran Khan\u2019s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are in a virtual tie for the majority of seats in the national legislature as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) finally starts releasing results following a protracted delay amid mixed reactions from the international community.
\nThe BBC reported that the PTI was claiming to be leading on more than 100 seats due to the first delay in the results release and the early unofficial election results that were published by local TV channels.
\nBut the ECP disassociated itself from \u201cthe unofficial, incomplete results\u201d that local media were reporting, blaming the government\u2019s suspension of phone and internet services for the delay in the announcement of results.
\nMany candidates have accused the commission of tampering with the election results, and the entire affair has sparked controversy surrounding the results that the commission has officially announced. Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s ambassador to Pakistan, Raza Amiri Moghadam, congratulated the government on \u201csafe and secure\u201d elections.
\nOn Friday, the Joe Biden Administration said that Pakistan\u2019s people should choose their future leaders as per their free will.
\n\u201cMillions of Pakistanis went to the polls today to vote and I will reiterate that Pakistan\u2019s future leadership is for the Pakistani people to decide, and our interest continues to be in the democratic process,\u201d State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at his daily news conference.
\nHe denounced any acts of violence connected to the election, both in the weeks leading up to and on the February 8 polling day. \u201cThese kinds of election-related violence, we believe, affected a broad range of political parties across Pakistan.
\nIt impacted polling stations, election officers, as well as the election commission,\u201d he said as he raised concerns regarding the restrictions on the exercise of freedom of expression.
\nThis election is among the least credible in Pakistan, and the results have been released later than in prior elections, as per the analysts.
\nThere were about 44 parties that ran for seats in the National Assembly, although most experts concur that there is only one candidate for the top job, that is Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
\nIn addition to international political representatives, global media organisations also aligned mixed political ideologies in their coverage of Pakistan\u2019s election.
\nCNN and the BBC hinted towards the lack of credibility and rigging amid violence during the Pakistani election.
\nTime published a piece with the title, \u201cPakistan\u2019s elections are being brazenly rigged. Why doesn\u2019t the US seem to care?\u201d, which summed up the chronological history of PTI after the May 9 riots and the expectations of the International Community from these elections.
\nOther international media also reported on the rigging during these elections along with separately analysing the win capabilities of the three major parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan Election 2024 Independent candidates backed by PTI are leading Pakistan Election 2024 Islamabad World media is divided on Pakistan\u2019s general elections held amid security unrest and political disconnect; however, shutdown of connectivity on polling day and painfully slow release of unofficial results have given rise to allegations of rigging casting doubts on the overall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-386134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n