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 current elections. Criticising the result of the polls, which noticed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party-backed unbiased candidates rising as the most important group by profitable 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 referred to 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 minimize all the way down to half,” the get together stated in a press release.
“The 2024 elections can be remembered within the nation’s historical past because of the scale of rigging,” PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan stated.
The Islamabad police have stated that part 144 is in drive 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 instantly referring to protests, it stated that there may very well be elevated site visitors close to the F9 park and urged the general public to keep away from “pointless journey” on the close by routes.
The police stated 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 through the elections.
Forward of the PTI’s protests, authorities have issued two menace alerts owing to critical threats of terrorism from particular banned teams, reported The Information.
With the protesters being duly warned concerning the alerts and in opposition to illegal meeting within the federal capital, Islamabad Police Inspector Basic (IG) Dr Akbar Nasir Khan has burdened that no person can be allowed to assemble or protest at anyplace within the federal capital at any public place.
The report stated that extra 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) – gained 93 of the 265 Nationwide Meeting seats that had been contested within the February 8 election.
Nevertheless, PTI’s two major rivals seem on track to kind a coalition authorities after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Pakistan Folks’s Occasion (PPP) fashioned a post-poll alliance on Tuesday.
The PML-N gained 75 seats whereas the PPP got here third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Motion Pakistan (MQM-P) has additionally agreed to assist them with their 17 seats.
To kind a authorities, a celebration should win 133 seats out of 265 contested seats within the 266-member Nationwide Meeting.
In the meantime, in accordance with Geo Information, variations have emerged between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s legal professionals and political management because the latter needs to carry talks with different events for a political settlement, whereas the previous wishes in any other case.
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 referred to 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 minimize all the way down to half,” the get together stated in a press release.
“The 2024 elections can be remembered within the nation’s historical past because of the scale of rigging,” PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan stated.
The Islamabad police have stated that part 144 is in drive 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 instantly referring to protests, it stated that there may very well be elevated site visitors close to the F9 park and urged the general public to keep away from “pointless journey” on the close by routes.
The police stated 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 through the elections.
Forward of the PTI’s protests, authorities have issued two menace alerts owing to critical threats of terrorism from particular banned teams, reported The Information.
With the protesters being duly warned concerning the alerts and in opposition to illegal meeting within the federal capital, Islamabad Police Inspector Basic (IG) Dr Akbar Nasir Khan has burdened that no person can be allowed to assemble or protest at anyplace within the federal capital at any public place.
The report stated that extra 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) – gained 93 of the 265 Nationwide Meeting seats that had been contested within the February 8 election.
Nevertheless, PTI’s two major rivals seem on track to kind a coalition authorities after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Pakistan Folks’s Occasion (PPP) fashioned a post-poll alliance on Tuesday.
The PML-N gained 75 seats whereas the PPP got here third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Motion Pakistan (MQM-P) has additionally agreed to assist them with their 17 seats.
To kind a authorities, a celebration should win 133 seats out of 265 contested seats within the 266-member Nationwide Meeting.
In the meantime, in accordance with Geo Information, variations have emerged between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s legal professionals and political management because the latter needs to carry talks with different events for a political settlement, whereas the previous wishes in any other case.
