A look at the arrangement of parties and competitors in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the elections of the National Council of Pakistan and the state parliaments in the four states of Punjab, Sindh, Sarhad and Balochistan are scheduled to be held tomorrow (19th of February). This election will be held in a situation where Pakistan of 250 million people is in the midst of repression of Tehreek-e-Insaf Party leaders and the arrest of “Imran Khan”, and its results can be decisive for this country.

About 150 parties, along with dozens of independent candidates, will compete to fill seats in the federal parliament and four state parliaments. There are also some that have high internal and regional influence and smaller parties that represent a certain group or race and region.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, founded by Imran Khan, is center-right oriented and is currently led by Gohar Ali Khan.

Imran Khan (71 years old) came to power by winning the 2018 elections. But within a few years, the military establishment that had initially supported him turned against him, and for the first time in Pakistan, the parliament of this country passed a vote of no confidence on Imran Khan on April 10, 2022. A noisy dismissal that has turned the political scene of this country on itself until today.

Imran Khan says that America is behind the conspiracy against him and that the army and politicians have orders from Washington. have been taken, he has provided written evidence to confirm this, although the US government at the time has denied these accusations. Also, the American government has chanted, the protests that finally ended with the arrest of Imran Khan in May 2023 on the pretext of corruption and provoked the anger of his supporters even more this time.

About 150 accusations against Imran Khan has been issued. Recently, the court announced that the marriage between him and his wife “Bashri Bibi” in 2018 was not legal, and on this pretext, he sentenced each of them to 7 years imprisonment and a fine.

Imran Khan He has also been sentenced to 10 years in prison for revealing the country’s secrets and 14 years in prison together with his wife for the illegal sale of government gifts. And the secrets of the country’s secrets, but the Tehreek-e-Insaf party is very popular in all of Pakistan, although this party has been banned from participating in the elections and the party’s candidates have had to compete independently.

Tahreek Insaf party won 28 seats in 2013 and managed to win 116 seats in 2018 with a big victory.

Pakistan Muslim League faction of Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz branch, classified as a moderate political group led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been in power three times, most recently in 2013 with a majority He was decisive.

Sharif (74 years old) was removed from his position in 2017 due to corruption charges, and a year later, together with his daughter “Maryam”, and a few days before the elections, he went to 10 They were sentenced to a year in prison.

One ​​of the prominent leaders of this party is Shehbaz Sharif (72 years old), the younger brother of Nawaz and the former prime minister of the state of Punjab (Punjab is the main stronghold of the party). In 2022, after the overthrow of Imran Khan’s government, he assumed the position of interim prime minister of Pakistan and was the prime minister for 16 months. Since the Muslim League was part of the coalition known as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), in 2018 it was able to get a vote of no confidence in “Imran Khan” from the majority of the parliament.

But in 16 During the month that Shahbaz was in power as the interim prime minister of Pakistan, the country’s economic situation was chaotic, the inflation rate increased significantly, and the country witnessed protests led by the Tehreek-e-Insaf party.

Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan in October last year after 4 years of self-imposed exile in England. Within weeks, the court dropped corruption charges against him, leading observers to believe that he had been handpicked by the military as the country’s next prime minister.

But the biggest challenge facing the family What Sharif is facing is to regain his support base from Imran Khan, who is still highly popular.

According to observers, Pakistan Muslim League has the best chance of winning the elections. However, it is not clear which of the brothers may lead the government if they win the elections.

The current foreign minister and the son of Benazir Bhutto) and his father Asif Ali Zardari are once again trying to return to power after 2008. » founded this party and Binazir Bhutto also became the prime minister twice. However, the Pakistan People’s Party, which is in control of the Sindh province, still does not have a good record because of its inability to manage the situation during the flood four years ago.

Most of the statements of this left-wing party address the youth and have plans to fight “climate change”. This party was able to allocate 34 seats in 2013 and 43 seats in 2018.

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