PTI Lauds US House For Launching Probe Into Irregularities In Pakistan Elections

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said Pakistan Army and the election commission of the nation are responsible for Pakistan’s humiliation on the world stage after the US House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Sources close to PTI told CNN-News18 said the Supreme Court of Pakistan is the only institution that can give justice to the PTI.

“(The) Army never wanted Imran to come back and (gave) absolute majority to Nawaz Sharif. This fractured mandate was created to also keep Nawaz out of the game,” the sources said.

The United States House of Representatives decisively voted to support an impartial investigation into allegations of election manipulation in Pakistan following the national polls held on February 8.

The House emphasised the importance of ensuring public participation in the democratic process in the South Asian nation.

The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, with a tally of 368-7, in favour of a resolution calling for a “full and independent investigation of claims of interference or irregularities in Pakistan’s February 2024 election”.

It condemned “attempts to suppress the people of Pakistan’s participation in their democracy, including through harassment, intimidation, violence, arbitrary detention, restrictions on access to the Internet and telecommunications, or any violation of their human, civil, or political rights.”

It should be noted that 85 percent of House members participated in the vote, and 98 percent supported the resolution.

The House Resolution 901 said it was to express support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan and urged the nation’s government to uphold democratic and electoral institutions, human rights, and the rule of law, asking it to respect the fundamental guarantees of due process, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and speech of the people of Pakistan and condemned “any effort to subvert the political, electoral, or judicial processes of Pakistan”.