Last Updated: February 17, 2024, 19:36 IST
Supporters of Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s occasion ‘Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’ chant slogans throughout a protest in opposition to alleged vote-rigging in some constituencies in the parliamentary elections. (AP)
The protests started with a march in Wana in South Waziristan of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Authorities on Saturday imposed prohibitory orders right here in Pakistan’s capital as jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s occasion started nationwide protests in opposition to alleged rigging and stealing of its mandate in the current elections.
Criticising the result of the polls, which noticed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party-backed impartial candidates rising as the most important group by profitable over 90 National Assembly seats, the PTI introduced holding countrywide “peaceful 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 occasion has determined to sit down in the Opposition in Parliament.
“The PTI has called for country-wide protests against the unprecedented, massive, brazen rigging in general elections 2024, where PTI’s win of 180 National Assembly seats and a two-thirds majority in the parliament, was cut down to half,” the occasion stated in an announcement.
“The 2024 elections would be remembered in the country’s history due to the scale of rigging,” PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan stated.
The Islamabad police have stated that part 144 is in drive in town and the safety is on “high alert”, as the PTI is about to start its countrywide protests, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Without immediately 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 “unnecessary travel” on the close by routes.
The police stated that particular forces of the Counter Terrorism Department had been deployed on patrol to take care of any emergency.
“Patrolling has been increased across the district while checking has been tightened at checkpoints,” it added.
The police in Islamabad dug up a ditch close to the Lahore Press Club to cease the PTI protest. A heavy contingent of police was deployed there to thwart the PTI protest.
Meanwhile, Punjab Police clamped down on PTI leaders and staff in Lahore who had been protesting in opposition to “massive rigging” in the elections.
Police arrested Imran Khan’s lawyer Salman Akram Raja and scores of PTI girls who gathered on Jail Road on the decision of the jailed premier to protest in opposition to the huge rigging in the elections that disadvantaged the PTI of a minimum of over 90 National Assembly seats.
A heavy contingent of police gathered exterior the PTI workplace on Jail Road and baton-charged the occasion staff protesting in opposition to the rigging. TV footage confirmed the police manhandling the PTI girls staff and bundling them into police vans.
Known lawyer and Khan’s counsel Salman Akram Raja was additionally arrested.
Khan’s PTI shouldn’t be the one occasion that has voiced its considerations over the February 8 polls, as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), and others have additionally complained of rigging through the elections.
Islamabad Police Inspector General (IG) Dr Akbar Nasir Khan has harassed that no person can be allowed to assemble or protest at anywhere in the federal capital at any public place.
The report stated that extra troops of Punjab Rangers have been directed to take care of any eventuality in town.
Independent candidates – a majority backed by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: – received 93 of the 265 National Assembly seats that had been contested in the February 8 election.
However, PTI’s two fundamental 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 People’s Party (PPP) fashioned a post-poll alliance on Tuesday.
The PML-N received 75 seats whereas the PPP got here third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has additionally agreed to assist them with their 17 seats.
To type a authorities, a celebration should win 133 seats out of 265 contested seats in the 266-member National Assembly.
Meanwhile, in accordance with Geo News, variations have emerged between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf:’s attorneys and political management as the latter needs to carry talks with different events for a political settlement, whereas the previous wishes in any other case.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
