Islamabad: Former Prime Minister Imran KhanA landslide victory in crucial by-elections, capturing six of the National Assembly’s eight seats, is a serious blow to a fragile government that has less than 10 months to go until the country’s earlier general elections are held. KHAN Once again asked the government to announce a new general election.
An early general election has been one of Khan’s major demands. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was ousted from power in April by a coalition of over 13 parties through a motion of no confidence in Parliament. Instead of remaining in Parliament, Khan and 131 legislators from his party had resigned en masse in an attempt to make way for a new election.
Since then, he has been campaigning vigorously to publicly outshine his political rivals through narratives that have gained immense traction among the masses, especially the youth. Before coming to power in 2018, Khan’s politics revolved around the story of “Naya (New) Pakistan”. This time, it has been “Hakiki Azadi (True Freedom)”. Khan called his removal a “regime-change conspiracy” hatched by the US in collaboration with Pakistan’s military establishment and some ruling coalition parties.
PTI’s landslide victory in the by-elections to the provincial assembly seats in July Punjab The NA president had to accept the resignations of 11 PTI MLAs, including two women MPs elected from reserved seats, after intensifying pressure on the troubled coalition government at the Centre. Elections were held on eight of those seats on Sunday, with the PTI winning six, losing two seats to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Multan and Karachi – which it won in the 2018 general elections.
Since the ruling multi-party alliance, including the PML-N and the PPP, fielded joint candidates on all seats, Imran Khan was the PTI’s lone candidate on seven of the eight NA seats and won six of them, breaking his own record. . Won five NA seats in 2018. Meanwhile, PTI also won two out of three Punjab Assembly Seats that were meant to be held. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) achieved only one provincial assembly seat in Sheikhupura, thus continuing to lose its influence in the cities of Punjab, which had previously been described as its stronghold. The PML-N, with the support of its allies, had fielded candidates against Khan in Faisalabad (East Lyallpur) and Nankana Sahib. He had to face defeat in both the seats by a huge margin.
Journalist Cyril Almeida posted on Twitter, “The PML-N decimating its vote base and eroding its political capital in a matter of months is indeed a great achievement in the history of Pakistan’s politics.”
Holding back from giving the deadline for his long-awaited call to Islamabad for the last date of his march, Imran Khan told a press conference on Monday: “I am giving them (the government) time for the sake of the country. I repeat that they still have time to announce the election, and if they don’t, I will start my march and my preparations are almost done.
He termed the by-elections as a “public referendum”, adding that the country “wants an immediate election because it has rejected this imported government”. He reiterated that high-profile appointments like the army chief should not be made by “criminals like Nawaz or Zardari”. “The appointment of the army chief should be done on the basis of merit.
An early general election has been one of Khan’s major demands. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was ousted from power in April by a coalition of over 13 parties through a motion of no confidence in Parliament. Instead of remaining in Parliament, Khan and 131 legislators from his party had resigned en masse in an attempt to make way for a new election.
Since then, he has been campaigning vigorously to publicly outshine his political rivals through narratives that have gained immense traction among the masses, especially the youth. Before coming to power in 2018, Khan’s politics revolved around the story of “Naya (New) Pakistan”. This time, it has been “Hakiki Azadi (True Freedom)”. Khan called his removal a “regime-change conspiracy” hatched by the US in collaboration with Pakistan’s military establishment and some ruling coalition parties.
PTI’s landslide victory in the by-elections to the provincial assembly seats in July Punjab The NA president had to accept the resignations of 11 PTI MLAs, including two women MPs elected from reserved seats, after intensifying pressure on the troubled coalition government at the Centre. Elections were held on eight of those seats on Sunday, with the PTI winning six, losing two seats to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Multan and Karachi – which it won in the 2018 general elections.
Since the ruling multi-party alliance, including the PML-N and the PPP, fielded joint candidates on all seats, Imran Khan was the PTI’s lone candidate on seven of the eight NA seats and won six of them, breaking his own record. . Won five NA seats in 2018. Meanwhile, PTI also won two out of three Punjab Assembly Seats that were meant to be held. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) achieved only one provincial assembly seat in Sheikhupura, thus continuing to lose its influence in the cities of Punjab, which had previously been described as its stronghold. The PML-N, with the support of its allies, had fielded candidates against Khan in Faisalabad (East Lyallpur) and Nankana Sahib. He had to face defeat in both the seats by a huge margin.
Journalist Cyril Almeida posted on Twitter, “The PML-N decimating its vote base and eroding its political capital in a matter of months is indeed a great achievement in the history of Pakistan’s politics.”
Holding back from giving the deadline for his long-awaited call to Islamabad for the last date of his march, Imran Khan told a press conference on Monday: “I am giving them (the government) time for the sake of the country. I repeat that they still have time to announce the election, and if they don’t, I will start my march and my preparations are almost done.
He termed the by-elections as a “public referendum”, adding that the country “wants an immediate election because it has rejected this imported government”. He reiterated that high-profile appointments like the army chief should not be made by “criminals like Nawaz or Zardari”. “The appointment of the army chief should be done on the basis of merit.