Pakistan supports jailed leader Imran Khan, who wins parliamentary elections without gaining majority

former pakistani prime minister Imran Khan This Thursday’s elections showed that he remains the most popular leader in the country win majority votes In parliamentary elections. His followers came to vote despite their numbers multiplying Judicial and electoral hurdles Which weighs heavy on the former cricket star. Days before the elections, a court sentenced Khan to 10 and 14 years in prison and disqualified him from politics for a decade.

His leaderless party… pakistan justice movement (PTI), could not field other party leaders as candidates due to electoral authority constraints. Thus, dozens of PTI members were forced to contest elections as an independent candidate And according to preliminary results published by the election authority, he won.

PTI candidates got 92 seatswith 28 seats more than the second highest vote getting party and the poll favourite, Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League. nobody have received training from 133 seats are enough To rule by simple majority. Nawaz Sharif is expected to get an absolute majority in the voting, although members of his party have already indicated They do not rule out going to PTI to form an alliance or even, agree with other parties To lead the new government. Sharif’s ally Ishaq Dar declared, “I am sure we will form the government.”

The former prime minister and Muslim League leader returned to the country four months ago after going into self-imposed exile to avoid jail on corruption charges. Sharif was acquitted of all charges and campaigned with unusual normalcy. According to analysts, Sharif could have reached an agreement with the military, which concentrates a large part of the country’s executive power in the shadows.

He count got dirty multiple delays Which has kept the population in suspense for more than 24 hours. While the media issued conflicting reports on who won the general election, the election authority announced that the delay was due to “Internet problems”. The delay caused great distrust among political parties, who warned of attempts to manipulate the results. “The candidates supported by PTI were ahead from the beginning,” the party told Al Jazeera broadcaster. He said, “The announcement of results slowed down, then stopped completely and remained like that for hours… Last night we were leading by a wide margin. Now that is not the case.”

One day after voting, Total participation still unknown, which would help explain Imran Khan’s strong support for PTI. At present it is not known whether his followers came to vote en masse or whether the electoral surprise is due to low support for the Sharif and Bhutto-Zardari parties, which have been in power in Pakistan for decades.

The wait for the recount was not without incident. According to local newspaper dawn30 PTI supporters were arrested for organizing a rally in favor of its independent candidates in Islamabad. While Khan’s lawyer and several people from the party assured that the attackers had fired at his armored car.

The voting process was completed with great difficulty A long communications blackout for “security reasons”, according to the Interior Ministry. At least twelve people were killed, mostly members of the security forces, in multiple attacks for which responsibility has not yet been claimed. Acting Interior Minister Gauhar Ijaz considered the incidents “isolated” and assured that election day would “remain under control.”

The results do not show a clear government coalition. It will face many difficulties such as economic crisis, impact of natural disasters and increasing insecurity on the roads due to attacks by various extremist and terrorist groups.