Pakistans electoral commission warned polling officers late at night to release results as soon as possible, even 10 hours after polls closed, due to significant delays in the vote count following a nationwide election on Thursday.The outcome of Pakistans general election will be known today. Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that the people of Pakistan are having their mandate stolen as the results of the election are being delayed due to a lengthy vote-counting process. The party of Imran Khan said that despite pre-election manipulation and inequality, every impartial result showed the PTI won by a landslide.According to PTI, each polling place tallies each candidates votes using Form 45. The PTI candidates polling agents have acquired copies of these papers, which show them winning by a sizable majority, Imran Khans party claimed. But returning cops are increasingly using Form 47 to tamper with the results.Claiming victory, ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed victory through his X handle. He tweeted, “Despite every possible method employed to undermine the will of the people, our people have spoken via #MassiveTurnout for vote today. As we have repeatedly stated, no force can defeat an idea whose time has come.Despite every possible method employed to undermine the will of the people, our people have spoken via #MassiveTurnout for vote today. As we have repeatedly stated, no force can defeat an idea whose time has come.It is now critical to guard the vote by getting Form 45. pic.twitter.com/p8BZZBzsug— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 8, 2024Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N and Imran Khans PTI-backed Independents are both leading in four National Assembly seats each while Bilawal Bhuttos PPP has a lead in two others, according to reports by Dawn.Of the 336 seats in the National Assembly, 266 candidates are elected by direct election, and the remaining 70 seats are reserved. Out of these restricted seats, ten are allotted to non-Muslims and sixty to women, in accordance with the Assemblys representation of each party. A simple majority needs 133 seats to be secured, although many observers have argued that there may not be a clear winner in this election.Meanwhile, the mobile internet services have been restored partially in some areas.
