Pakistan General Elections 2024

Incoming K-P CM faces slew of challenges​


AHTESHAM KHAN
The province’s economy and law and order situation are both in tatters

incoming k p cm faces slew of challenges
 

ANP won’t participate in parliamentary elections: Asfandyar​

Feb 29,
Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has declared that ANP members will refrain from participating in the election process within any assembly and the Senate.

In a statement released on Thursday, he emphasised ANP's commitment to civilian supremacy, democracy, and parliamentary strength in the country. Khan expressed concern about the unprecedented use of money in the recent elections, stating that the party is not inclined to cast votes in the provincial assemblies and the Senate under the current circumstances.

He added that despite offers of posts from the current majority parties, ANP does not engage in politics for power or seats. Khan reiterated ANP's principled stance, advocating for the retrieval of the mandate from 'mandate thieves' and its rightful allocation to genuine representatives.

Regarding roles within parliament, Asfandyar mentioned that further decisions would be made through mutual consultation at a later time.
 

PTI delegation meets Fazl, seeks support for key parliamentary slots​

A delegation from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) approached Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, seeking support for their nominees for speaker, deputy speaker, and prime minister.

PTI's prime ministerial candidate, Omar Ayub Khan, along with senior party members Asad Qaiser and Junaid Akbar, held discussions with Fazl at his residence.


Following the meeting, Ayub addressed the media, stating their purpose was to solicit votes from Fazl's party for their candidates. "I have come here to seek votes, and that is my right," he asserted.

Responding to queries, Ayub affirmed that Imran Khan was aware of their visit to secure support from JUI-F chief for their candidates. "Imran Khan's stance is to engage with political parties," he added.
 

Balochistan CM’s election on Saturday​

Feb 29,
The election for the new Balochistan Chief Minister is set to take place on Saturday, as announced by the newly elected Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai during a session of the provincial assembly.

Chairing the assembly session, Speaker Achakzai unveiled the schedule for the election of the Leader of the House, stating that candidates vying for the position of chief minister could submit their nomination forms until 5pm on Friday. The election itself is scheduled to occur on Saturday, with the session adjourned to reconvene at 11am on that day.

Addressing the media following the session, Achakzai affirmed his commitment to impartially preside over the House, assuring equal treatment to both the treasury and opposition benches. He underscored his dedication to upholding the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution.

Achakzai urged the assembly members to rise above their political affiliations and work together for the strengthening of democracy and the welfare of the people. He thanked the MPAs for electing him as Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly.
 
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جنگ کوئی جیتی نہیں ۔ الیکشن کوئی ہارا نہیں ۔

ڈرامے اور گانے سنا سنا کر قوم کو کھوکھلا کر دیا ۔​
 

MQM-P to decide on joining federal cabinet tomorrow: Farooq Sattar​


MQM-P Deputy Convener Farooq Sattar has said that the party would likely decide on joining the federal cabinet tomorrow, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reports.
Talking to a private news channel, he said that it would be politically favourable for the party to sit on opposition benches. At the same time, he said that the MQM-P was ready to take some difficult decisions in the larger national interest.
To a question, Sattar said that the MQM-P’s basic demand was a constitutional amendment to strengthen the local government system, not cabinet portfolios.
The MQM-P would fully support the PML-N in forming the government, he added.
 

PML-N’s Khawaja Asif says party holding talks with JUI-F​


Former federal minister Khawaja Asif has said that the PML-N’s doors for communication and negotiation with other political parties are open.
He said that PML-N leaders were in contact with the JUI-F leadership and did not want to comment on a “premature situation”.
“If their mandate was stolen in KP, then neither we nor PPP stole the mandate […] If the theft has taken place over there then it was done by PTI,” he alleged.
“We have never closed the door for possibilities,” Asif asserted
 

JUI-F, PTI on same page on ‘massive rigging’ in Feb 8 polls: Ali Muhammad Khan​


PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan has said his party and the JUI-F are on the same page regarding the “massive rigging” during the February 8 general elections.
Speaking on Geo News, he said that the JUI-F had agreed that more than 100 members in the National Assembly had lost their seats in the general elections due to “rigging”.
“We are not asking for repolling nor are we asking for recounting,” he said, adding that the PTI only demanded results according to Forms-45.
“But the Form 45 should be from February 8, not February 29,” Khan added.
 
Army are fully engaged in the rigging.. would not surprise me at all sharif family billions in stolen wealth used to buy army officers to do their bidding....
Army officers so entrenched in corruption, poor soldiers are just cannon fodder..
It will be a turkey shoot, foot soldiers may be second to none but officer corps have been totally compromised.. only good at corruption, living the good life, hounding political party..
 

Newly elected NA is set to be one of the most ‘paralysed’ in Pakistan’s parliamentary history​

Political experts believe that the PTI is capable of disrupting the assembly’s proceedings for a long time, making things difficult for the incoming govt.

The first day of the newly elected National Assembly panned out just as expected: rancorous PTI members, now part of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), protested over the alleged election rigging and the arrest of their party founder Imran Khan.

For those who were there, the clamour on the first day of the assembly’s inaugural session refreshed memories of the 2002 house where the then opposition, comprising the two major parties — PPP and PML-N — kept the house paralysed for months.

On Thursday, the two parties, set to form the government this time, got a taste of their own medicine, albeit while being on the other side of the aisle.

They should probably get used to it, as the PTI-backed lawmakers have announced the plan to protest in every sitting till the time they get back the seats allegedly snatched from them through manipulation of the election results.

If the first session of National Assembly is anything to go by, the newly elected house is set to be one of the most ‘paralysed’ in the country’s parliamentary history

Seeing the composition of the PTI members comprising some firebrand speakers and the party’s track record of doing aggressive and agitational politics, many political experts believe that the party is capable of disrupting the assembly’s proceedings for a long time, thus making things difficult for the upcoming coalition government, being dubbed the “PDM 2.0.”

In 2002, the then opposition parties, PPP and PML-N, with the support of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and some nationalist parties, refused to provide legitimacy to the Legal Framework Order (LFO) through which the then military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf made a number of amendments to the Constitution.

They disrupted every house sitting through constant desk thumping and sloganeering, thus forcing the former dictator to engage opposition parties, finally resulting in their alliance’s break-up. Only then was the house able to conduct its businesses.

The difference, however, is that 22 years ago, there were seasoned politicians in the opposition alliance like Javed Hashmi, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Shah Ahmed Noorani and Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

Mr Rehman and other seniors, like BNP President Akhtar Mengal and PkMAP head Mehmood Khan Achakzai, are on the opposition benches this time, but many believe their presence will not tone down the ruckus.

Heavily outnumbered, these leaders will not be in a position to exert control over the opposition alliance, with more than 90 SIC members who’d be getting direct instructions from their jailed leader through his counsel-cum-parliamentarians.

PTI’s hotheaded MNAs, Sher Afzal Marwat and Jamshed Dasti, left no doubts about their intentions to paralyse the house.

A few of their other senior colleagues avoided the hard line and simply said the assembly that “came into existence as a result of the blatant and massive rigging may not last long”.

Mr Mengal, however, was the voice of reason, saying the country needed “general surgery” as cosmetic measures would not bring any improvement.

Some PML-N and the PPP members also raised slogans in favour of their leadership and against Mr Khan, but they showed restraint and avoided a direct clash with SIC members.

A senior journalist credited PTI leadership for keeping a hold on their nearly 100 members when it was predicted that some would ditch Mr Khan and join the government.

Another senior journalist commented that seeing the grim faces of those set to form the government was surprising.

Previously, the prospects of forming a government used to elicit emotions of joy, at least in the initial days, aptly called the government’s “honeymoon period”.

There were three senators — PML-N’s Nuzhat Sadiq, JUI-F’s Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and PPP’s Yousuf Raza Gilani — who took the oath as MNAs after resigning from the upper house.

Many were surprised to see Mr Gilani taking oath as he was being tipped as a candidate for the Senate chairman.

His oath as MNA reaffirmed reports that the ‘establishment’ had suggested the names of Sadiq Sanjrani and incumbent caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar for the Senate top post.
 

Allied parties clinch speaker, deputy slots in National Assembly​

Nadir Guramani | Dawn.com
March 1, 2024

Newly elected National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq administers oath to Deputy Speaker Ghulam Mustafa. — DawnNewsTV


Newly elected National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq administers oath to Deputy Speaker Ghulam Mustafa. — DawnNewsTV

A day after more than 300 members took oath as lawmakers in the National Assembly, MNAs on Friday elected PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq as the speaker of the lower house of the Parliament and PPP’s Ghulam Mustafa Shah as his deputy.

Sadiq, the Sharifs’ loyalist, and Mustafa defeated PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council nominees Amir Dogar and Junaid Akbar for the coveted slots.

They were the joint candidates of the allied parties — comprising PML-N, PPP, PML-Q, MQM-Pakistan, Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party, PML-Zia, National Party, and Balochistan Awami Party — for the office of speaker and deputy speaker.

Out of the total of 291 votes cast in the house, Sadiq secured 199 against 91 bagged by Amir Dogar. Mustafa got 197 votes while Junaid of the SIC received only 92.

As the outgoing speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf announced the results, the house was abuzz with slogans from both the opposition and treasury benches.
 
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