The Pakistan election commission will announce unofficial results of all 859 constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies on Friday (February 9), the state-run APP news agency said. It further added that the poll body completed all the arrangements to conduct free, fair and transparent general elections across the country on February 8.
The Pakistan poll body printed 260 million ballot papers for all constituencies in the country ahead of the 2024 general elections. The national assembly ballots are green in colour while the provincial assembly ballots are white in colour.
Barring a few district, the distribution of these ballot papers were finalized across the country this week. Some ballot papers, of 11 national assembly and five provincial assembly constituencies, underwent reprinting after a Supreme Court order.
US: ‘Monitoring Polls Closely’
Vedant Patel, US state department spokesperson, said the US is monitoring the Pakistan polls closely. “Pakistanis deserve to exercise their fundamental right to choose their future leaders through free and fair elections without fear, violence, or intimidation, and it is ultimately for the people of Pakistan to decide their political future,” Patel said.
Campaign Ends Tonight
Election campaigns will end tonight as a two-day moratorium on political activity starts at midnight. The Election Commission of Pakistan stated that this mandatory cool-down period before election day is required by law and any violation can lead to imprisonment of up to two years.
PTI alleges harassment
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claimed that Punjab police continued raiding PTI election offices and homes of party leaders and supporters and allegedly harassed female workers. They claimed police and masked individuals sealed NA-118 nominee Aaliya Hamza and PP-148 aspirant Saba Dewan’s election offices and allegedly threatened female workers against campaigning against PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz.
Free, Fair Polls Promised
Pakistan’s caretaker interior minister Gohar Ejaz vowed to not let any force compromise free and fair elections on Feb 8 while addressing reporters on Tuesday.
“We will not let anyone cast an ill-intentioned gaze at our national security,” he said. “We won’t let anyone disrupt the election process,” Ejaz was quoted as saying by the Dawn.
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