bdmetronews Desk ॥ Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rejected the national election results joining at least two other major political parties in alleging that the polls were rigged in favor of former cricket star Imran Khan.
“This is not an election but a selection,” party leader Mushahid Hussain said in a televised news conference in Lahore. The party’s President Shehbaz Sharif accused the Election Commission of “worst” rigging in elections.
Former cricket star Imran Khan was close to winning an outright majority in Pakistan’s election as his main political rivals complained of vote rigging in a contest already tarnished by violence and allegations of army interference.
With vote counting continuing Thursday morning, unofficial tallies showed Khan’s Movement for Justice party, or PTI, winning the most seats. Geo TV reported that his party led in 114 seats, shy of the 136 needed to form a government. Jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was ahead in 64 seats and the Pakistan Peoples Party led in 45, with the other rest split among smaller parties.
