Independent candidates linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan are leading the way in Pakistan’s elections. However, candidates from former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s conservative party would perform poorly, several television channels reported on Friday.
A parliament and four provincial parliaments were elected on Thursday. 130 million people in Pakistan were called upon to cast their votes. Popular former head of government Khan, who founded the nationalist-centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice/PTI) party in 1996, was sentenced last week to long prison terms for treason, bribery and an illegal marriage. jail. A large number of his party friends were also excluded from the elections.
Change of government?
Instead, this time many independent candidates fielded, many of them with the blessing of the PTI. Prime Minister Sharif’s party may not have won the most seats in parliament. Official results were initially not available on Friday. The Home Office argued that there were problems with the transfer of votes. Mobile networks and mobile internet were severely restricted due to perceived security concerns.
Attacks on police officers
In fact, the elections were marred by violence and allegations of rigging. Tens of thousands of soldiers had to secure the polling stations. On Wednesday, at least 29 people were killed in two explosions near candidates’ offices (see video above). Authorities said at least seven police officers were killed and others injured in attacks on Thursday.
Source: Krone
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