Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari confirmed that his father, Asif Ali Zardari, would be the party's candidate for the presidential elections, Dawn reported.
Pakistan's elections last week returned a hung parliament, with no party getting enough seats in the National Assembly to form a government by itself. Negotiations for a coalition government are taking place between Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto's parties.
Pakistan Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Meanwhile, the workers and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) launched nationwide protests over the alleged "rigging in the general elections" on February 8.
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 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?