Pakistan Elections 2024: Nawaz Sharif claims victory ‘without majority’
Pakistan Elections 2024: Independent candidates backed by Imran Khan's party won 55 out of the 139 seats in results announced by election commission so farJailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said that it will not form an alliance with Nawaz Sharif's party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz as it is in a position to form a government on its own.What results so far show?
This comes after independent candidates backed by Imran Khan's party won 55 out of the 139 National Assembly seats in results announced by the election commission so far. The PML-N has bagged 43 seats. To secure a simple majority out of the total 336 seats, 169 seats are needed.
What PTI party said on alliance with Nawaz Sharif?
PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Khan said as per Geo News, "We are not in contact with PPP or PML-N. Claiming that his party will win 150 seats and would be able to form the government, he said, “We are not intending to form a coalition government with PPP and PML-N. We will form the government at the Centre and Punjab.”
What PTI party said on horse trading of independents?
Asked if independent candidates will support him, he said that they would not join any party against party directives after PML-N leader Ishaq Dar claimed that independent candidates, who have won, are in contact with his party.
"The independents have contacted us and they will join any party in the next 72 hours as per the Constitution," he said. Ishaq Dar said as per Geo News that PML-N cannot force anyone to join the party but they are being contacted by candidates who are willing to join their party.
Pakistan Elections 2024: What results show so far?
Results have been announced for 156 National Assembly seats. As per the election commission of the country, candidates backed by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won 62 seats so far while the Pakistan Muslim League of Nawaz Sharif secured 46 seats. Results of 110 more seats are still pending and any party would need 169 seats for a government forming majority.
Pakistan Elections 2024: When will full results be announced?
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that the delay in results was due to a day-long mobile network shutdown imposed by the government during voting. The slow process resulted in allegations by Imran Khan's party that ballots were being tampered with in order to ensure Nawaz Sharif's victory in the elections. See More
The tight race and political uncertainty in Pakistan have led to a sell-off in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE). On Friday, its benchmark KSE-100 index fell 1,700 points in early morning trade. It recovered slightly as the results started coming in. As of 12:30 pm (IST), it was still over 1,100 points (1.77 per cent) in the red, according to Bloomberg.
Amid delays and reports of clashes, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is releasing the results of the 2024 general elections. The numbers show a tight race in the results. However, as of 12:30 pm (IST), Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is leading the tally.
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