Prohibitory Orders Imposed in Islamabad as Imran Khan’s Celebration Begins Protests In opposition to Polls Rigging | World Information

ISLAMABAD: Authorities on Saturday imposed prohibitory orders right here in Pakistan’s capital as jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s get together started nationwide protests in opposition to alleged rigging and stealing of its mandate within the latest elections. Criticising the result of the polls, which noticed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party-backed impartial candidates rising as the biggest group by successful over 90 Nationwide Meeting seats, the PTI introduced holding countrywide “peaceable protests” in opposition to what it termed “record-high rigging”.
The protests started with a march in Wana in South Waziristan of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The get together has determined to take a seat within the Opposition in Parliament.
“The PTI has known as for country-wide protests in opposition to the unprecedented, large, brazen rigging basically elections 2024, the place PTI’s win of 180 Nationwide Meeting seats and a two-thirds majority within the parliament, was lower right down to half,” the get together mentioned in an announcement.
“The 2024 elections could be remembered within the nation’s historical past as a result of scale of rigging,” PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan mentioned.
The Islamabad police have mentioned that part 144 is in power within the metropolis and the safety is on “excessive alert”, because the PTI is ready to start its countrywide protests, the Daybreak newspaper reported.
With out immediately referring to protests, it mentioned that there may very well be elevated visitors close to the F9 park and urged the general public to keep away from “pointless journey” on the close by routes.
The police mentioned that particular forces of the Counter Terrorism Division had been deployed on patrol to cope with any emergency.
“Patrolling has been elevated throughout the district whereas checking has been tightened at checkpoints,” it added.
Khan’s PTI is just not the one get together that has voiced its issues over the February 8 polls, because the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), and others have additionally complained of rigging in the course of the elections.
Forward of the PTI’s protests, authorities have issued two menace alerts owing to severe threats of terrorism from particular banned teams, reported The Information.
With the protesters being duly warned in regards to the alerts and in opposition to illegal meeting within the federal capital, Islamabad Police Inspector Normal (IG) Dr Akbar Nasir Khan has confused that no person could be allowed to assemble or protest at anyplace within the federal capital at any public place.
The report mentioned that further troops of Punjab Rangers have been directed to cope with any eventuality within the metropolis.
Unbiased candidates – a majority backed by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – received 93 of the 265 Nationwide Meeting seats that have been contested within the February 8 election.
Nonetheless, PTI’s two principal rivals seem heading in the right direction to type a coalition authorities after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Pakistan Individuals’s Celebration (PPP) shaped a post-poll alliance on Tuesday.
The PML-N received 75 seats whereas the PPP got here third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Motion Pakistan (MQM-P) has additionally agreed to help them with their 17 seats.
To type a authorities, a celebration should win 133 seats out of 265 contested seats within the 266-member Nationwide Meeting.
In the meantime, in keeping with Geo Information, variations have emerged between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s attorneys and political management because the latter needs to carry talks with different events for a political settlement, whereas the previous needs in any other case.

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