ISLAMABAD: More than 128 million voters are set to elect their representatives for the national and provincial assemblies on Thursday (today) for the next five years in what appears to be one of the most unpredictable general elections in Pakistan’s political history, ARY News reported. The traditional contest will once again be among the three major parties — Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). However, the Imran Khan-led party will be contesting without its iconic symbol bat after Supreme Court declared its intra-party elections “unconstitutional”. The decision means PTI candidates will contest the elections ‘independently’. Some of these religious groups have fielded more candidates than the number of contestants of other parties. A number…
Published Date: 2024-02-07
Source: ARY NEWS
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