The party of Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed victory, while the rival group led by Imran Khan alleges rigging, as voting for the country’s national elections ended on Thursday amid sporadic violence. The polling closed at 5 pm (1200 GMT) after a chaotic day that saw the suspension of mobile phone services, deadly attacks on security forces and allegations of rigging. The election panel said it will allow people who are waiting in queues to vote beyond 5 pm. Hamza Shehba
Vote counting in Pakistan is under way on Thursday as millions of people await the results of the national elections marred by violence, rigging allegations by the opposition and mobile service disruptions. Local media started sharing unofficial results an hour after the polling closed at 5 pm (1200 GMT). There are more than 90,000 polling stations and consolidated results were expected to take a few more hours. Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, chief election commissioner and the military is
ongoing and the council thanked residents for their patients. they said all emergency services had been given code the gate stop the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has been disqualified from politics for five years after receiving a prison sentence for corruption. it means he ll be dismissed as an mp and forbidden to stand for public office before 2028. he denies any wrongdoing and is challenging the decision in a high court on wednesday. on sunday, mr khan started serving his three year sentence in a jail. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has this update from the capital islamabad. when he was sentenced on saturday, we knew that immediately he would probably be disqualified. but i think what many people, his supporters and his lawyers held out hope for was, in the course of the next few days, that they might be able to find some form of relief, that they might be able to delay this whole process. it wasn t entirely clear how quickly the electoral commission would move to
and that s why this is so interesting, because across the country, it is being watched, especially by republicans, to see whether this could potentially be a strategy in other states, to make it more difficult for state constitutions to be changed to essentially allow a woman s access to reproductive rights in a particular state. so it is a hot button political issue right now and, as you say, clearly in the next election. peter bowes reporting there. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has been disqualified from politics for five years after receiving a prison sentence for corruption. it means he ll be dismissed as an mp and forbidden to stand for public office before 2028. he denies any wrongdoing and is challenging the decision in a high court on wednesday. on sunday, mr khan started serving his three year sentence in a jail. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has this update from the capital islamabad.
you re live with bbc news. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has been disqualified from politics for five years after receiving a prison sentence for corruption. it means he ll be dismissed as an mp and forbidden to stand for public office before 2028. he denies any wrongdoing and is challenging the decision in a high court on wednesday. on sunday, mr khan started serving his three year sentence in a jail. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has this update from the capital islamabad. when he was sentenced on saturday, we knew that immediately he would probably be disqualified. but i think what many people, his supporters and his lawyers held out hope for was, in the course of the next few days, that they might be able to find some form of relief that they might be able to delay this whole process. it wasn t entirely clear how quickly