Three party leaders, including Barrister Gohar Khan, Omar Ayub Khan - PTI's candidate for the prime minister's post - and Ali Amin Gandapur, did not submit affidavits, while the notification of another candidate was yet to be issued by the ECP.
After several rounds of talks, Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto rejected Pakistan Muslim League's (Nawaz) power-sharing offer to form a government.
By keeping Imran Khan locked up and PTI out of power in a rigged process, question is: What can Gen Munir do with a pliable but politically illegitimate government?
The interior ministry attributed the unusual delay in announcing the results of the Pakistan election to a 'lack of communication' as a result of preventive measures taken to ensure foolproof security.