Pakistan Election Result: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party has announced it would hold peaceful protests in areas where results were still awaited. On Saturday, the party urged the Election Commission to announce complete results by midnight or face protests. However, within hours of issuing the statement, party workers at Peshawar and Karachi embarked on loud protests complete with sloganeering and waving of party flags. Two days after the polling was held (on Thursday), the results were not yet declared and the country appeared headed to a hung Parliament or a coalition government. As per updates so far, Independents backed by PTI won the lion's share of 101 seats in the National Assembly, followed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with 73 seats and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) with 54 seats.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif told his party leaders that former president Asif Zardari has demanded prime minister's slot for his son and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and major ministerial portfolios, local media reported. Pakistan Election Results 2024: Asif Ali Zardari Demands Prime Minister’s Slot for Bilawal Bhutto in Coalition Talks.
Pakistan elections: No bloc is in the position to form the government and the high number of independents has created an unprecedented situation. What options do the independents have? Why is the provision of reserved seats significant here?
Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Sharif’s party has won the most seats by a single party in Thursday’s election, but supporters of imprisoned cricketer-turned-politician Khan, whose party backed independents instead of running as a single bloc, won the most seats overall.