The start of Pakistan’s elections coincides with the intensification of insecurity

According to the regional office Tasnim News Agency, the voting process for the national elections of Pakistan began this Thursday morning, 19 Bahman, under strict security measures in various cities and states of this country.

The government of Pakistan has announced that to deal with possible threats, mobile phone and internet services have been temporarily cut off and crossings The border with Iran has also been blocked in Afghanistan for today. It is necessary to take security measures to maintain order and deal with possible threats. Voting security has been established throughout the country.

This is despite the fact that two explosions occurred near the offices of the candidates for the national and state assemblies of the state yesterday. Pakistan’s Balochistan left about 70 dead and wounded; The attacks that the ISIS terrorist group took responsibility for.

On the other hand, the holding of these elections has coincided with the intensification of political tensions in Pakistan.

Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan who is currently in prison, on Wednesday asked his supporters After casting their votes in the ballot boxes, wait outside the polling stations until the results of the parliamentary elections are announced.

Khan, who is now imprisoned on charges of corruption and banned from participating in elections, was removed from power about two years ago following a vote of no confidence.

Nawaz Sharif, the head of the Muslim League party, who was the prime minister of Pakistan three times, has been nominated again in this election. Although he had started serving prison terms for corruption convictions during the previous election, now his permanent ban has been removed from the power of removal and his criminal record has been completely erased.

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and “Pakistan People” (PPP) parties are the two main parties in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections.

The main contests are expected to be between candidates supported by Imran Khan and Pakistan Muslim League Party. Of course, since the candidates of Tehreek-e-Insaf (Imran Khan) have been banned from using the party’s symbol, it has become difficult to recognize them.

In this election, small political parties can play an important role in the formation of the government, which needs 169 seats out of 336 seats in the National Assembly. It is.

It is expected that the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections of Pakistan, which will be held in more than 90 thousand polling stations, after the end of this election at five o’clock in the afternoon to be announced at local time.

More than 128 million people are eligible to vote in Pakistan’s national and state assembly elections.

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