Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s PTI prone to win majority in violence marred PoK polls

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf get together is about to kind the subsequent authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) because it emerged as the most important political get together within the legislative meeting elections within the area which was marred by allegations of irregularities and violence, native media reported, citing unofficial outcomes.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf get together (PTI) has gained 23 seats whereas Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was second with eight seats and the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured simply six seats, the state-run Radio Pakistan reported.Muslim Conference (MC) and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party (JKPP) had been profitable in a single seat every.However, Geo TV reported that PTI gained 25 seats, adopted by PPP with 9 and PML-N six. One seat every was gained by Muslim Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party.Read: Elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir marred by irregularities, violence; 2 PTI staff killedThus, PTI bought a easy majority to kind the federal government with out assist of every other get together. It is for the primary time that it’s going to kind a authorities in PoK.Traditionally, the ruling get together within the nation wins the elections in Pok.The meeting has a complete of 53 members however solely 45 are immediately elected, whereas 5 seats are reserved for ladies and three are meant for the technocrats.The 45 members immediately elected included 33 residents of PoK and 12 refugees’ who got here over time from Kashmir and settled in numerous cities of Pakistan.India has beforehand slammed Pakistan for its determination to carry elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and stated any motion to change the standing of the militarily occupied area has no authorized foundation.PTI Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, who’s the front-runner candidate for the ‘Prime Minister’ of the area, gained from his seat. Former ‘Prime Minister’ and PML-N chief Raja Farooq Haider retained his seat. Another ex-‘Prime Minister’ and chief of Muslim Conference, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, additionally gained.A complete of 587 candidates contested the elections in 33 constituencies of varied PoK districts and 121 candidates in 12 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir refugees settled in Pakistan.Pakistan’s Opposition events, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), have accused Khan’s get together of “rigging” the elections held on Sunday.“There is proof of systematic rigging in the election,” PPP’s vice-president Senator Sherry Rehman.She stated PTI staff attacked the PPP employee throughout polling time, whereas police had uprooted a camp belonging to her get together. “There is a clear difference between the voter lists of several polling stations,” she said.PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, in a statement, claimed that to rig the election the PTI “goons” attacked her party’s workers in Gujranwala’s Alipur Chatha area.”PTI has been allowed to have interaction in hooliganism with full liberty,” she said.However, the region’s Election Commission rejected the allegations and said that the polls were held in a fair and peaceful manner.The chief election commission, Abdul Rashid Sulehria, told the media that he was satisfied with the election process.At least two PTI workers were shot and killed in clashes with PPP activists at a polling station in Charhoi area of Kotli district on Sunday. The two men were shot dead by unidentified persons, police said.Also, at least four soldiers were killed while three soldiers and a civilian driver were injured when their vehicle plunged down a ravine off a curvy mountain road in Laswa area of the region, the military said in a statement on Sunday.The soldiers were part of army troops deployed to help maintain peace during the elections.In another incident, five police constables were injured after Jamaat-e-Islami activists attacked them with batons at the Dhal Chakhya polling station of Jhelum valley district.A PML-N candidate Choudhary Muhammad Ismail Gujjar kicked up a storm as he threatened on Sunday that he would “search India’s assist” if the native administration failed to deal with his considerations after his get together’s polling brokers had been faraway from a polling station, the Geo News reported.Following their exit from the polling station, the brokers bought right into a heated argument with the deputy commissioner after which the polling course of was halted there.He, nonetheless, later clarified on media that his assertion was directed in the direction of the administration.Region’s Secretary Election Commission Muhammad Ghazanfar Khan claimed that the elections had been held in a free, truthful and clear method.He expressed satisfaction over the regulation and order and appreciated the efficiency of the police and the Pakistan Army for guaranteeing the peaceable conduct of the elections, during which there have been 32 lakh folks eligible to vote to elect 45 members of the meeting for a five-year time period.The final normal election for PoK Legislative Assembly was held in July 2016 and gained by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.In this election, the PTI nominated candidates for all of the 45 constituencies, whereas PML-N and PPP every issued tickets to candidates for 44 seats. Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the unconventional Islamist get together which was banned in April by the Pakistan authorities for its violent actions, contested on 40 seats. The TLP was not de-registered by the Election Commission of Pakistan even after the ban, enabling it to participate within the elections.Apart from the ticket holders of various political events, a complete of 261 unbiased candidates had been additionally within the race for the 33 constituencies in PoK, whereas 56 independents had been operating for the 12 refugees’ seats.Also Read: India slams Pakistan at UN meeting, says ironic of Pak to debate safety of spiritual websitesAlso Read: India lodges robust protest with Pakistan over drone actions in Jammu space