Internet erupts with memes post-election 2024
It’s been almost 24 hours since the polling closed yesterday and all voters and bystanders are still awaiting results. While the night after the elections day has always been a night to mark celebrations (and contest defeat), the slow pouring in of ghair hatmi, ghair sarkari natayij (inconclusive, unofficial results) has raised many brows. As […]
New results system falls flat, like RTS in 2018 – Pakistan
• ECP official appears on PTV to announce first result from KP assembly; commission says all results being announced by TV channels ‘unverified’• Special Secretary Zafar Iqbal blames internet, mobile phone outages for delay in result announcement KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s claim that it would ensure the timely announcement of results […]
PTI’s independents surge
ISLAMABAD: In an unexpected twist, independent candidates supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seemed to be gaining the upper hand in the preliminary results late on Thursday, causing ripples across the political landscape. This surprising turn of events occurred even as the party’s founder, Imran Khan, remained incarcerated, and despite the perceived absence of a […]