The Pakistan Election seems no less than a movie. The action-packed political drama is still continuing with a question. The question of who will prevail the contest? With counting of votes underway and no clear winner emerging, the parities are arranging meetings to establish majority to form government in the centre. Pakistan's 128 million registered voters cast their ballots to pick 266 representatives for forming the 16th Parliament in a first-past-the-post system. They have also voted to elect the legislatures of the country’s four provinces – Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There are three major parties that were involved in the fray for Pakistan. Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf , Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan People's Party. The buzz started when Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf was denied bat symbol by the country’s election commission, therefore they couldn’t contest in poll as a party. However, the candidates of the party backed by cricketer turned politician Imran Khan were forced to field candidates as independents. As per the provisional results, Sharif’s party won the 71 seats by a single party in Thursday’s election, but supporters of imprisoned Imran Khan, who ran as independents clinched 99 seats. With no clear victory in sight, Nawaz along with Bhutto who has 53 seats by his side held discussions on government formation, but no final decision has been made as yet. On the other hand, Imran Khan’s PTI is all set to hold nationwide protest amid delay in election results. Also, amid allegations of rigging, the Election Commission of Pakistan has ordered re-polling in around 52 polling stations, which will take place on February 15.
Published: Odishatv Bureau
Last updated: 11 February 2024, 02:23 PM IST
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