Following Pakistan's recent general elections, which did not produce a clear winner, allegations of election rigging have sparked widespread protests across the nation. Imran Khan's party, despite the former prime minister's imprisonment, has emerged as a significant force, challenging the military's influence in politics and attempting to form a coalition government with Omar Ayub Khan named as the prime minister candidate. The elections were marked by a clash between those opposing military intervention in politics and those accused of collaborating for personal gain. Amidst this political turmoil, Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta admitted to assisting in rigging the elections, leading to his resignation. This admission has intensified public outcry, with thousands taking to the streets in protest despite a Section 144 order banning gatherings in Islamabad. The situation has prompted concerns over Pakistan's political stability and the legitimacy of its government formation process.
"This coalition government that is coming together is going to be very unstable, we already see the signs… it is so transparently fraudulent in the eyes of the Pakistani population" WATCH @junaidsahmad discuss Pakistan's new government: https://t.co/1MzAL71caZ https://t.co/3qPirGT5Zf
The events around Pakistan’s recent election are increasingly concerning. The people of Pakistan have made clear their feelings that a change is necessary, and the government formed needs to represent their will.
A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan has said he helped rig Pakistan’s elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner https://t.co/F6ue2edxjs https://t.co/XLB2WWKIJl
A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan says he helped rig the country's elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner. https://t.co/7SjCnZMyaT
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a new national-scale disruption to X/Twitter in #Pakistan amid escalating unrest and protests over allegations of election fraud, following a high-level resignation and public admission of vote manipulation by a senior election official https://t.co/6YT73lG7SM
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High-ranking Pakistani official acknowledges electoral manipulation amidst nationwide protests https://t.co/h0YQNidjlk https://t.co/vxWHFdhOlt
Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country https://t.co/gRS2U9mKuK
NEW - Senior official says he helped rig Pakistan elections https://t.co/XPbmXKWBFY
🚨🇵🇰THOUSANDS PROTEST IN ISLAMABAD DESPITE RESTRICTIONS AND ARRESTS Protests over election rigging continue in Pakistan's capital city. Source: 𝕏 https://t.co/eM6C0L67h1 https://t.co/xmmqzFD0Ei
"All attempts by the state apparatus to weaken Khan’s support base and reverse the politicisation of Pakistan’s urban and rural middle classes have failed, thanks to Khan’s perseverance in the face of adversity." ✍️ Opinion by Umer Karim https://t.co/8BAY0wwYmV
🚨🇵🇰THOUSANDS PROTEST AGAINST PAKISTAN ELECTION RESULTS IN ISLAMABAD Source: @iihtishamm https://t.co/f1sdIQCerK https://t.co/8Fgn4qYWjx
#PakistanElections2024 : Commissioner Rawalpindi resigns, admitting rigging in elections https://t.co/LIuRSoU06X
'Converted losers into winners': Senior Pakistan official admits to poll-rigging under his watch, resigns https://t.co/xuPjz2m4x3
Pakistan Poll Official Resigns, Accepts "Wrongdoing" In Elections @Waqas_Azeem brings you latest updates https://t.co/bVEz7sOw6E
🇵🇰⚡ PTI-backed candidate arrested in Lahore, Pakistan Salman Akram Raja, who contested the election results at Lahore’s High Court, has been arrested. As police took him away, he said: “They are arresting me unlawfully. I am with the public, and we will continue to raise the… https://t.co/KAkpqT74vk
🇵🇰⚡ PTI-led protests ongoing throughout Pakistan A large crowd of PTI supporters and workers protesting against the February 8 election rigging. https://t.co/nOUB537gTP
🚨🇵🇰PROTESTS IN ISLAMABAD OVER ELECTION RESULTS Despite the imposition of a Section 144 order banning all gatherings in Pakistan’s capital, people are heading in large numbers to protest against the election results. Source: @Naya__Pakistan_ https://t.co/w2VZqnRAzm https://t.co/PpeacSORp3
Amid the federal government formation hitting a stalemate in #Pakistan after a fractured general election mandate, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta resigned from his post. The resignation comes amidst protests against electoral irregularities, especially…
Pro-Imran Khan activists being arrested in Punjab province. #Pakistan https://t.co/Czw9agvWFW
🚨🇵🇰INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION STATEMENT ON ARRESTS OF PTI PARTY POLITICIANS IN PAKISTAN "The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) expresses its categorical condemnation of the recent incidents of arbitrary arrests of elected representatives of the Pakistan… https://t.co/0ms5e7SIFG https://t.co/oWpUglO1Ap
🚨🇵🇰PTI-BACKED CANDIDATE ARRESTED IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN Salman Akram Raja, who contested the election results at Lahore’s High Court, has been arrested. As police took him away, he said: “They are arresting me unlawfully. I am with the public, and we will continue to raise the… https://t.co/bDEwZM3DYe https://t.co/dix84ZNAMn
#PakistanElections2024 | Former Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha resigns after "accepting responsibility" for manipulation of poll results https://t.co/QnVuGORt9D
Pakistan Poll Official Resigns, Accepts "Wrongdoing" In Elections https://t.co/chJWrBPkgP https://t.co/8FCaQX7ci1
🚨🇵🇰PAKISTAN COMMISSIONER’S RESIGNATION LETTER ADMITS ELECTION FRAUD In Commissioner Rawalpindi’s handwritten resignation letter, he admits to being “deeply involved” in the “serious crime” of rigging the elections in Pakistan. Source: @Fereeha https://t.co/f4jfmaT5HB https://t.co/Rz9xqnjImy
Only in Pakistan is there incriminating evidence of election rigging and absolutely NOTHING is done about it. A country on the precipice, before the people decide to revolt.
🚨🇵🇰PAKISTAN BRACES FOR MORE ELECTION PROTESTS Police in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, are on high alert for protests over the recent elections, which are now widely suspected of having been rigged. The city has imposed a Section 144 order banning gatherings, and police are… https://t.co/QrfaNgGR8Y https://t.co/ApNPajMiHL
🚨🇵🇰BREAKING: PAKISTAN COMMISSIONER RESIGNS, CLAIMING WIDESPREAD ELECTION RIGGING Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta is handing himself over to the police, saying that 13 election results in his area were fraudulently manipulated. The returning officers changed the… https://t.co/4ZNHmIwSko https://t.co/vUk3GS1s5T
"Against the wishes of the military establishment, the elections once again gave Khan a seat at the political table, even as he remains in jail." ✍️ Opinion by Umer Karim https://t.co/tDyhMuQFVM
STORY | Imran Khan's party to sit in Opposition in Pakistan's Parliament; to protest against poll rigging READ: https://t.co/6sFLx7Bylc https://t.co/8ab26gPNjv
Pakistan needs reconciliation, but the next government will only bring more political conflict. https://t.co/1NvrbQzD9f
Some of Hungary's best-known online personalities led a crowd of at least 10,000 protesters in Budapest on Friday to demand a change in the country's political culture, a response to the conservative president's recent resignation over a pardon she... https://t.co/6nkEHR9wXn
Imran Khan's Party To Sit In Opposition In Pakistan's Parliament https://t.co/YKOkhGeHeZ https://t.co/iBi5F3kucG
The 2024 #Pakistani #election is a significant indicator of the increasing vulnerability of the #military in the nation's #political landscape and the populace's push for reform, highlights @Shivam05S, https://t.co/R9sWLE9mk8
"Khan’s electoral revolution, spurred by his unwavering resilience from a prison cell, quashed the state’s attempts to make him politically irrelevant." ✍️ Opinion by Umer Karim https://t.co/IJClbZz5ll
"No one was expecting this because of the enormous repression targeting Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party" WATCH @junaidsahmad discuss the shocking election in Pakistan in which the jailed former PM Imran Khan won the most votes: https://t.co/1MzAL71caZ https://t.co/602RV4bYOF
"This election has been a resounding victory for Imran Khan & the people of Pakistan, regardless of whether they’re supporters of PTI, for the fact that they were able to defy the most powerful institution in the country: the military establishment" -@junaidsahmad WATCH:… https://t.co/6KMGLxKjOv
"Khan, who is currently in prison, has for the past two years been on the receiving end of the Pakistani state’s wrath, but still he emerged triumphant." ✍️ Opinion by Umer Karim https://t.co/fr21XCsJgE
After a rigged vote, Pakistan’s new government starts off plagued by illegitimacy and a mounting financial crisis. The need for a political reset is more urgent than ever https://t.co/RjagLr9xay 👇
💥Big chunk of Budapest has been paralised, because of the enormous amount of protesters are gathering. Tens of thousands of Hungarians hit the streets of Budapest to protest against Orban. Many people arriving with trainsfrom out of the city. Resignation after resignation!! https://t.co/VV34wOA4II
Thousands of Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest as the crisis over a presidential pardon related to a pedophilia case threatens to escalate https://t.co/BD42jRdt9H
😲Tens of thousands already on the streets of Budapest, and people are still coming and coming to the the anti-government protest in the Heroes Square #freehungary https://t.co/NT2jMCSKUr
More political chaos ahead in Pakistan....Like a train headed for a mountain.
"The country’s 12th general elections resulted in a big win for former prime minister, Imran Khan, and candidates affiliated with him." ✍️ Opinion by Umer Karim https://t.co/HOKx9chvAI
Pro-democracy protests called for this weekend in Pakistan. We'll get to see how many Pakistanis disagree with the @State_SCA @StateDeptSpox view that this was a "competitive" election. One protest in Sindh province today: https://t.co/tUN7EKTvet https://t.co/9M0fpDMe32
Imran Khan’s party has named Omar Ayub Khan as a prime minister candidate as it seeks to form a coalition government after #Pakistan’s inconclusive #election, while also pledging to hold protests against alleged vote-rigging in last week’s polls. https://t.co/beQNdUyPeY
How Imran Khan decisively overcame the odds to win from jail ✍️ Opinion by Umer Karim https://t.co/1tV6S0l7NF
Free to read at the link: Pakistan’s post-election landscape is characterized by a dangerous combination of diminishing resources, an authoritarian elite clinging to power, and an institutional vacuum, warns @UniofOxford’s @AdeelMalikOx. https://t.co/FHgrBOsefl
🇵🇰This is Pakistan. They are demanding fair elections. We should all want this for them, and for all of us. https://t.co/SUW9uTGG2w https://t.co/BCXlF3jjuE
“Because it was a very close election and nobody got a majority, the stage we are at today does not favor any hope or stability for Pakistan,” says human rights lawyer, Hina Jilani https://t.co/gYzPN8CKjU
🇵🇰PAKISTANIS PROTEST ELECTION RIGGING Thousands take to the streets of Sindh, Pakistan to protest the elections results that many believe were tampered with. https://t.co/1hsmJBtOBE
‘Pakistan’s most consequential election has altered the national political landscape.’ Rivals of the jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, are grappling with the sharp backlash against military-backed, family-run parties. https://t.co/9QIi04bfhH https://t.co/n4bvpAwaR2
In #Pakistan, the #Army is often placed on the pedestal since it is the unifying factor in a fractious landscape. However, #ImranKhan thought he was different and could turn the sails against the #Army once he assumed power, notes Rajiv Sinha https://t.co/EwqmuJYl41
🇵🇰 Police in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad have clarified that they announced restrictions on public gatherings but did not impose a "curfew" -- as misleading social media posts claimed -- while results from the recent election were being announced https://t.co/cq925jnWVS
About a week after Pakistan’s inconclusive election, two main candidates have emerged in the race to become the country’s next leader. Here’s a look at the two contenders. https://t.co/CT73hZdYaB
Imran Khan’s party named a prime minister candidate as it seeks to form a coalition government after Pakistan’s inconclusive election, while also pledging to hold protests against alleged vote-rigging in last week’s polls https://t.co/G6ejjZojK0
Pakistan’s recent election represented a clash between those who oppose the military’s increasingly blatant political meddling and those who collaborate with it for personal and professional gains, writes @UniofOxford’s @AdeelMalikOx. https://t.co/sfLJtqSzTR
Immured in his prison cell, Pakistani politician Imran Khan could scarcely have hoped for a better result in last week’s election, Omar Waraich writes. https://t.co/bVLh9yrD5U
From @WSJopinion: Imran Khan’s against-all-odds victory burnishes his status as a larger-than-life figure in Pakistan, writes @dhume https://t.co/qm8IbbihVX