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February 17, 2024, 04:47 AM - 4 mins read
Criticising the outcome of the polls, which saw the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party-backed independent candidates emerging as the largest group by winning over 90 National Assembly seats, the PTI announced holding countrywide "peaceful protests" against what it termed "record-high rigging".
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February 16, 2024, 06:33 PM - 7 mins read
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has claimed that its candidates won over 150 seats and that the military assisted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had engaged in rigging of the ballots to emerge victorious.
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February 16, 2024, 04:40 AM - 4 mins read
The clash between Khan's PTI and the military establishment comes after the party claimed a landslide victory in Pakistan's general elections on February 8. “Police arrested winning independent candidates endorsed by the PTI and raided their residences across Punjab,” said party sources.
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February 16, 2024, 04:05 AM - 2 mins read
The controversy first emerged on March 27, 2022, when Khan less than a month before his ouster in April 2022 while addressing a public rally, waved a letter before the crowd, claiming that it was a cipher from a foreign nation that had conspired with his political rivals to have his government overthrown.
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February 13, 2024, 07:10 PM - 3 mins read
US President Joe Biden is aware of the elections in Pakistan, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily news conference on Tuesday.
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February 13, 2024, 03:15 AM - 5 mins read
According to the party, the PTI was cruising with a lead of 170 National Assembly seats before the alleged rigging swung the pendulum in favour of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
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February 12, 2024, 07:20 PM - 4 mins read
Contrary to its earlier claim, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday blamed the suspension of Internet and mobile services on February 8 -- when countrywide polling took place -- and said it did "create hindrance" in declaring results promptly.
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February 11, 2024, 10:13 PM - 4 mins read
PML-N has 75 seats in the 266-member National Assembly, the largest party. Independent members, mostly backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, have secured 101 seats.
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February 10, 2024, 08:55 PM - 3 mins read
The threshold to establish a government requires a party to secure 133 seats out of 265 in the National Assembly. The total seats, including reserved slots for women and minorities, amount to 336, with 169 seats constituting a simple majority.
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February 10, 2024, 04:33 AM - 3 mins read
Springing a surprise, independents backed by jailed former prime minister Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the lion's share of 101 seats in the National Assembly in Thursday's election.
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February 9, 2024, 09:33 PM - 2 mins read
“We are winning in more than 170 seats of the National Assembly (lower house),” stated Khan in the message posted on his X account. Criticising his adversary, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif, for delivering a “victory speech” even when his party trailed behind the PTI.
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February 8, 2024, 07:59 PM - 6 mins read
Pakistan authorities were moving at a snail's pace on Friday to announce the election results that in a surprising development showed disqualified and jailed ex-Prime Minister Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supported independent candidates leading the show.
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