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Election results further divide Pakistan, expose deep rot and fissures
Kanwals •With this election the disarray in Pakistan is likely to become worse. The coalition government will lack legitimacy
Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become PM for 4th time, Imran Khan rules out coalition with PML-N, PPP
Fp Staff •Expressing astonishment at reports of a power-sharing formula being discussed between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party leader Latif Khosa described it as a joke that rival political parties were putting forward such a proposal
Pakistan polls: PPP-PML-N talks stuck over who gets the prime minister's chair
Ajeyo Basu •Protests against the results have been called by a number of political groups and candidates who claim they have been rigged. Supporters of the PTI stopped traffic in Peshawar, in the north, but the party canceled the massive protest it had planned to stage if the results were not announced on Sunda
How election results in Pakistan’s Punjab serve impending threat to Sharif family
Vivek Katju •This election result, when the army was entirely behind the Sharifs in Punjab and yet Imran Khan’s independents could secure 115 seats, is a wake-up call for the Sharif family
Pakistan polls: How another weak coalition in Islamabad will open a floodgate of issues for India
Tara Kartha •China is already well entrenched across the country. Others, like the US, will use a weak government for its own (diverse) interests. Writing off Pakistan as a nuisance to be simply set aside is the laziest of analyses
Pakistan election results 2024: What’s next for PML-N, PPP and PTI?
Fp Explainers •Pakistan is likely to see a coalition government again as no party has touched the majority mark of 133. Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N has begun talks with his rival Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s PPP to forge an alliance. Here’s what Independents backed by jailed former PM Imran Khan’s PTI party could do
Pakistan Polls 2024: Two killed, 20 injured after violence erupted as rigging allegations mount
Fp Staff •Hundreds of people hit the streets in some areas amidst allegations of vote rigging in the general elections held on Thursday. In a violent clashes with army and police, two people killed and 20 others injured in northwestern Pakistan.
Pakistan Polls 2024: US to work with new govt regardless of political party, says State Dept
Fp Staff •The US condemns electoral violence, restrictions on the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including attacks on media workers, and restrictions on access to the Internet and telecommunication services, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said
Nawaz Sharif says his govt would try to improve ties with neighbours
Fp Staff •According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the results of 224 constituencies have been declared, showing that independents won 92 seats, PML-N 63, PPP 50, Muttahida Qaumi Movement 12 and other parties got 7 seats.
Pakistan Polls 2024: PML-N reaching out to PPP, MQM-P and JUI-F to form coalition govt, says Nawaz Sharif
Fp Staff •Sharif, the three-time former premier, said that there is a need for all the political parties to sit together and form a government to pull Pakistan out of its difficulties.