🚨🇵🇰 BREAKING: X BLOCKED, INTERNET NEXT – PAKISTAN PLEADS FOR STARLINK AS GOV CRACKDOWN
Former PM, Imran Khan's Opposition Party's official account posted a plea:
“The authoritarian regime has not only shut down X since February 2024, abducted and tortured social media activists as well as their family members, but is now planning on shutting down the internet altogether.”
PTI to @elonmusk:
“Pakistan needs Starlink! The world needs to see and hear their remarkable story!”
Millions are expected to march on Nov 24th for free speech, democracy, and human rights as the government crackdowns on all opposition.
Sources: PTI Official
For those who argue that @ImranKhanPTI has somehow turned on the people of Pakistan if he approaches the IMF, He’s not doing anything that has not been done before >>>>
Benazir Bhutto urges US to halt aid to Pakistan - https://t.co/AYVx4uIogS
Blast from the Past!
*"Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s main opposition leader, urged Washington on Friday to consider withdrawing aid and military support from the country’s military-led regime until a return to full democracy is assured. Ms Bhutto’s call came ahead of the arrival in Pakistan of John Negroponte, the US deputy secretary of state."*
Punjab Police is stopping elected members to participate in Punjab assembly’s session, stopping them from taking oath.
IG Punjab should stop such unlawful activities, and let the elected members take oath.
🚨Breaking
This is huge, as the Commissioner from Rawalpindi resigned while claiming, he along with the Chief justice of Pakistan and the Chief election commissioner was involved in rigging #ElectionResults2024
He also said he was about to suicide this morning but he decided to put this in front of the whole of Pakistan
The Commissioner also encouraged and requested the beaurocracy in Pakistan to not be part of this filth and not do anything illegal to destroy the country
He also demanded to hang himself to death along with other culprits
#الیکشن_نتائج_کالعدم_قرار_دو
It is heartening to see so many people standing up for the mandate and for the truth; all of that happened because people came out to vote!
We are extremely thankful to every single voter; you have enabled everyone to have the courage to speak the truth! #PrimeMinisterImranKhan
#WATCH: In interview to Arab News, ex-PM Imran Khan’s PTI top leader says releasing political prisoners, accepting the party’s mandate to rule is the only “healing touch” Pakistan’s army chief can offer after polls in which Khan has declared victory
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https://t.co/pIJlBL4wU7
🚨🇵🇰BREAKING: PAKISTAN POLICE SURROUND IMRAN KHAN'S HOME
A heavy police presence has been reported in Zaman Park, Lahore.
Imran and several members of his family own properties in Zaman Park.
There was no reason given for the Police presence.
Source: 𝕏
Important clarification Re #NA148
No recount was done today and hence it is misleading to state that the Form 49 (Final Consolidated Result) declaring Yousaf Raza Gillani has been issued after a recount.
The only thing (and useful thing for us legally) that happened today was that the RO showed us (candidates and/or their representatives) the Form 45 of all polling stations received by him.
Courtesy this review, the purpose of which perhaps wasn’t clear to others, “dhandla” is as clear as day - eg. 711 and 713 votes rejected from the polling stations of my and my parents’ home polling stations whereas the average rejected vote in other polling stations across the constituency is less than 30. They couldn’t even spread the rejected votes in a hurry across all polling stations and concentrated on some polling stations only making it all even more ridiculous.
Pursuant to the exercise we now know exactly which polling stations are problematic (also most Form 45 showing massive rejected votes don’t even have the signatures of any candidates’ polling agents) - a fact that I have duly noted in my hand written application post the exercise and which has been duly reviewed and acknowledged by the RO.
After 10.5 hours at the RO office today, I have finally left with an attested copy of the unlawful Order declining my application for a recount in #NA148 wherein I had also clearly asked that Final Consolidated Result shouldn’t be issued. This too will be challenged.
Any decision built on an illegal act will always be unlawful and the Courts will view it and decide accordingly.
People’s mandate will win InshAllah.
#InsafKiGhari 🕰️🇵🇰
48 hours since the official deadline by law has passed. Yet the ECP is waiting on their hands, till the rigging is complete 💯
It's only in my short lifetime that I have ever seen no celebration in Karachi downtown. We are basically caught up in a lawless state now.
🚨🇵🇰NEW YORK TIMES ANNOUNCES IMRAN KHAN AS WINNER OF PAKISTAN ELECTION
“The party of Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, took the most seats, humiliating the country’s military rulers and creating a political crisis.”
Source: New York Times
🇺🇸🇵🇰U.S CALLS FOR PAKISTAN ELECTION RIGGING CLAIMS TO BE INVESTIGATED
“We join credible international and local election observers in their assessment that these elections included undue restrictions on freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.
We condemn electoral violence, restrictions on the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including attacks on media workers, and restrictions on access to the Internet and telecommunication services, and are concerned about allegations of interference in the electoral process.
Claims of interference or fraud should be fully investigated.”
Source: U.S Dept. of State
We will win this through legal process but to put things in perspective that they managed a meagre 293 vote ‘lead’ in the provisional result after:
1. Party symbol was taken away.
2. High Court appeal of one of my MPA candidates (having the same symbol as me) rejected 10 days before Election (even though earlier ECP said it was allowed as per short verbal order and included his name in the final list and allotted symbol).
His covering candidate had the symbol: fork. An opponent’s covering candidate on NA 148 also had the same symbol and ended up getting my 4000+ votes due to the confusion re my MPA candidate’s symbol.
3. Had to travel twice to Islamabad in the last two weeks of campaign for case hearings at Adyala Jail - Judges give adjournments when there are genuine reasons but of course not in IK and SMQ’s cases which they had to decide before Election Day.
4. An abnormally high number of 12,665 votes rejected as per Form 47. Many times more than the number of rejected votes as per Form 45 received by us.
5. The original Form 45 received by me show a lead of around 7000 votes over Yousaf Raza Gillani.
6. I was not allowed to be present at the RO’s office during provisional result consolidation. My Chief Polling Agents were also not allowed.
7. Not to mention the campaign related limitations which were a nationwide issue. #NA148 #InsafKiGhari
We recognise serious concerns over the fairness and lack of inclusivity of Pakistan’s elections.
Authorities must uphold fundamental human rights including free access to information and the rule of law.
I applaud all who voted.
https://t.co/15U4EcmRjK
This is a critical moment for Pakistan.
I am deeply concerned by the growing evidence that the military is interfering and rigging the result to overturn the will of the Pakistani people.
The US should not recognize a winner until all the facts are investigated.