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A European Union election observer mission to Pakistan has said the July 25 election was “negatively affected” by the political environment in the country and suffered from an “unequal opportunity to campaign”. The mission’s comments on Friday in Islamabad came as Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 117 seats, Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) took 64 and the Bhutto-Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) bagged 43, the Election Commission said. The Opposition — ranging from the PPP and the PML(N) to the religious parties grouped under the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) — have questioned the results as having been rigged and manipulated. Nearly 48 hours after polling, an election commission official said the turnout for the National Assembly stood at 51.85%, three percentage points lower than in 2013. The election was overshadowed by restrictions on freedom of expression, and while voting was transparent, counting was “somewhat problematic” with staff not always following procedures, the 120-strong EU observer mission said. In an editorial, the Karachi-based Dawn newspaper wrote: “The shocking mismanagement of the process of counting votes and announcing results at the polling station has made it necessary that the entire ECP [Election Commission of Pakistan] senior leadership resign after the election formalities are completed and a high-level inquiry be conducted at the earliest.” Mr. Khan is, however, set to be sworn in as Prime Minister with the support of allies and Independents. Addressing a press conference, Hamza Shahbaz, son of outgoing Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, said the PML-N would reach out to independents in an effort to form the government. Source: Read Full Article
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पाकिस्तानी प्रधानमन्त्री इमरान खानविरुद्ध अविस्वासको प्रस्ताव पेस इस्लामाबाद ।पाकिस्तानका प्रधानमन्त्री इमरान खानविरुद्ध अविश्वासको प्रस्ताव पेस भएको छ । खानविरुद्धको अविश्वास प्रस्ताव पाकिस्तानको तल्लो सदन नेसनल एसेम्बली सचिवालयमा दर्ता भएको छ । अविस्वासको प्रस्तावमा पाकिस्तान मुस्लिम लिग–नवाज (पीएमएल–एन) र पाकिस्तान पिपुल्स पार्टी (पीपीपी) का १ सय सांसदहरुले हस्ताक्षर गरेका छन् । अर्थतन्त्रलाई गलत ढंगले व्यवस्थापन गरेको र सुशासन कमजोर पारेको खानमाथि आरोप लाग्दै आएको छ । सन् २०१८ मा सत्ता सम्हालेपछि उनले यस्तो चुनौती सामना गर्दै आएका छन् । ६९ वर्षीय खानले गठबन्धन सरकारको नेतृत्व गरेका छन् । गठबन्धनमा उनलाई समर्थन दिएका केही दलहरुले अविस्वासको प्रस्तावको पक्षमा मतदान गरेमा खान पदमुक्त हुनेछन् । खानविरुद्ध अविस्वासको प्रस्ताव दर्ता हुनुअघि पाकिस्तान पिपुल्स पार्टी (पीपीपी) ले नेतृत्व गरेको विपक्षीहरुको ह्यालीमा हजारौं सहभागीले प्रधानमन्त्री खानविरुद्ध नाराबाजी गरेका थिए । त्यसले पाकिस्तानमा राजनीतिक उथलपुथलको सम्भावनालाई संकेत गरेको थियो । ‘२४ घन्टामा राजीनामा दिएर चुनाव सामना गर,’ पीपीपी नेता बिलवाल भुट्टो जर्दारीले प्रधानमन्त्री खानलाई लक्षित गर्दै भनेका थिए, ‘वा अविश्वासको प्रस्तावका लागि तयार होऊ ।’ ३४२ सदस्य भएको नेसनल एसेम्बलीमा खानविरुद्ध लगाइएको अविस्वासको प्रस्ताव पारित हुन विपक्षीलाई १७२ मत आवश्यकत पर्छ । तर, विपक्षीले त्यो भन्दाबढी मत खानको विरुद्धमा रहेको दाबी गरेका छन् । ‘हामीसँग १७२ भन्दाबढी मत हुनेछ,’ पूर्वराष्ट्रपति तथा पीपीपीका नेता असिफ अली जर्दारीले भने ।