Below huge wall-mounted photos of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Naila Khan Marwat cheered with scores of young volunteers on election night whenever counts on TV channels suggested their candidate was in the lead.
Below huge wall-mounted photos of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Naila Khan Marwat cheered with scores of young volunteers on election night whenever counts on TV channels suggested their candidate was in the lead. Then she returned to her laptop to collect complaints of alleged electoral rules violations from candidates, compiled with 50 other young women to give to party lawyers launching legal challenges. Marwat, 26, worked until the early hours of Friday at the party headquarters in Pakistan’s capital, tracking the results closely, a more confusing task than usual after former cricket hero Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters were barred from running as PTI candidates and using the cricket bat party symbol.
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Pakistan held a pivotal general election amidst ongoing economic challenges and the ongoing struggle against militant violence within a politically divided landscape. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif claimed victory on Friday, stating that his party had secured the most seats and expressing intentions to engage with other parties to establish a coalition government. Despite an unusual delay in the counting process, final results remained unclear. However, independents, many supported by the PTI, constituted the largest contingent with 92 out of 225 seats counted by 1600 GMT, surpassing expectations and catching many off guard.