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In Pics: Protestors block roads in Pakistan after skewed election results

Updated On: 12 February, 2024 08:58 PM IST | Devashri Bhujbal

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TL) and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) have been claiming their candidates were robbed of their wins in many National Assembly and provincial constituencies and they don`t accept these results. Pics/AFP. Text/PTI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TL) and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) have been claiming their candidates were robbed of their wins in many National Assembly and provincial constituencies and they don`t accept these results. Pics/AFP. Text/PTI

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TL) and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) have been claiming their candidates were robbed of their wins in many National Assembly and provincial constituencies and they don`t accept these results. Pics/AFP. Text/PTI
<p>In some cases where protesters have tried to march towards the Election Commission of Pakistan`s provincial office in the Saddar area</p>

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In some cases where protesters have tried to march towards the Election Commission of Pakistan`s provincial office in the Saddar area

<p>The protests began one day after the provisional election results started being announced by the Election Commission</p>

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The protests began one day after the provisional election results started being announced by the Election Commission

<p>Since the provincial results started coming out the courts have been flooded with legal petitions and several candidates have challenged the provisional results in their constituencies in a bid to win the seat</p>

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Since the provincial results started coming out the courts have been flooded with legal petitions and several candidates have challenged the provisional results in their constituencies in a bid to win the seat

<p>According to the details, the PTI-backed independents have filed the highest number of petitions in the courts against the results</p>

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According to the details, the PTI-backed independents have filed the highest number of petitions in the courts against the results

<p>Heavy contingents of police used tear gas shells, water canons and even batons to charge and disperse the protesting crowds&nbsp;</p>

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Heavy contingents of police used tear gas shells, water canons and even batons to charge and disperse the protesting crowds 

<p>In an unusual move, a senior leader of Pakistan`s Jamaat-i-Islami Party on Monday forfeited his seat in the Sindh province that he won in Thursday`s elections</p>

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In an unusual move, a senior leader of Pakistan`s Jamaat-i-Islami Party on Monday forfeited his seat in the Sindh province that he won in Thursday`s elections

<p>The leader said that it was not him but the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party-backed candidate who has won from the constituency he contested</p>

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The leader said that it was not him but the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party-backed candidate who has won from the constituency he contested

<p>Pakistan general elections were held on February 8. However, it is alleged that results were rigged in many constituencies leading to citizen protests</p>

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Pakistan general elections were held on February 8. However, it is alleged that results were rigged in many constituencies leading to citizen protests

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