Election Results Keep Pakistan On Edge

As per ECP's data, PTI- backed Independent candidate are leading the race with 101 seats, followed by PML (N) with 75 seats.

Nawaz Sharif looking forward to form a coalition government has approached Asif Ali Zardari, the head of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan People's Party, to create an alliance.

PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan, who also serves as Imran Khan's lawyer, stated that President Arif Alvi will ask his party to form the government, and that Imran Khan, who is now imprisoned, would choose the country's next prime minister.

Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir endorsed Nawaz Sharif's request to his opponents for assistance in forming a coalition government. Munir urged political parties to build a unified government of all democratic forces.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has ordered re-polling at about 52 polling stations due to claims of rigging, which will take place on February 15, according to Dawn.

Several highways and roads in Balochistan were blocked owing to rallies by workers and supporters of several political parties alleging election cheating, according to Dawn.

Pakistan, a country of 241 million people, held a general election on February 8 as it grappled with an economic crisis and terrorism in a profoundly polarised political atmosphere.

According to Dawn, Nawaz Sharif has entrusted his brother Shehbaz Sharif with contacting the leaders of the PPP, JUI-F, and MQM-P.

Supporters of the convicted former Pakistani Prime Minister Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) political party rally as they allege riggings in the general elections.