Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has won eight of the 23 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections and is leading by one seat. , After which opposition parties have accused the election of rigging. India condemned Pakistan for holding elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, saying there was no legal basis for the move to change the situation in the military-occupied region.
Voting for the 23 assembly seats was held on Sunday amid tight security amid the terrorist threat. Assembly elections have been held for the third time in Gilgit-Baltistan. The election was postponed after the death of a candidate for one seat. Unofficial results released by various media groups state that PTI has won at least eight seats and is leading in one, but still with Imran Khan’s party majority to form the government. Is behind However, he is in a position to form a government as 6-7 independent candidates have won from here.
According to Geo TV, PTI has won eight seats, while independent candidates have won seven seats. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has won three seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) two seats, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl and the Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) one seat each.
Official results have not yet been announced and it may take some time for election officials to announce the final results. Both the opposition parties PPP and PML-N have accused the ruling party PTI of rigging the elections.
PPP president Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while commenting on the unofficial results, alleged that the election was rigged. “Our candidates have been asked to quit the PPP and join the PTI,” Bilawal said while addressing a protest rally at Gilgit’s DC Chowk against the alleged “rigging”. PML-N general secretary Ahsan Iqbal said, “People are being deprived of their rights.”
A total of 330 candidates, including four women, were in the fray, election officials said. Whoever wins the election but there is a possibility that a change in the status of the region will be announced after the formation of the new government. Earlier this year, Pakistan’s Supreme Court allowed Islamabad to amend its 2018 administrative order and hold general elections in the region.
As per the order of the year 2018, administrative change was provided in Gilgit-Baltistan and it authorized the Prime Minister of Pakistan to make rules in matters here. India had issued an objection letter to a senior Pakistani diplomat in New Delhi, strongly objecting to the decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. India had clearly told Pakistan that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the Gilgit-Baltistan region, were integral parts of India.
