PTI secures two-thirds majority in NA, claims Imran
Former prime minister Imran Khan delivers victory speech in his AI-generated message. SCREENGRAB
PTI founding chairman and former premier Imran Khan on Friday claimed that his party had secured a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.
“You have laid foundation to real democracy in Pakistan by voting for us. I congratulate all of you for winning the elections 2024,” Imran said in his AI-generated speech.
“I had complete faith that all of you would come out to vote. The massive turnout has surprised everyone. [The] London plan has failed because of your votes. [PML-N supremo] Nawaz Sharif has given [his] victory speech despite being behind in at least 30 constituencies [in NA],” he added.
Imran further maintained that nobody in Pakistan would accept Nawaz’s speech and even the international media was writing against it.
“As per independent sources, we were winning in 150 constituencies before the rigging began. As per Form-45, we have won over 170 seats [out of the total 265],” the former premier claimed.
Imran said the people of Pakistan had created history.
“I thank the Almighty that he has made us into a nation. No one can stop us now from flying high. Celebrate this moment and offer prayers,” he added.
“Despite the continuous atrocities for the past two years, we have successfully won the 2024 elections with a two-thirds majority.”
The PTI founding chairman said everybody had now seen the power of votes, urging all to protect it.
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In a related development, PTI stalwart Barrister Gohar Ali Khan ruled out forming an alliance with the PPP or PML-N, claiming his party had the required number of seats to form the federal government.
Speaking to a private TV news channel, Gohar maintained that the PTI was not in touch with either the PPP or PML-N.
“We are not intending to form a coalition government with the PPP or PML-N,” he continued.
The PTI stalwart added that apart from the Centre, the PTI would form provincial governments in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab as well.
According to the results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PTI-nominated independent candidates have secured 76 seats in the K-P Assembly against 73 needed to form the government, meaning it has acquired a simple majority and does not need to forge an alliance with any other party to come into power there.
However, the race for the Punjab Assembly seats shows a neck-to-neck competition between the PTI-affiliated independent candidates and those belonging to the PML-N.
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The PTI leader maintained that the party’s independent candidates would remain faithful to it and there was were no chances of them switching their loyalties.
Earlier, PML-N leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar claimed that successful independent candidates were in touch with his party.
Separately in a video statement, Gohar claimed that efforts were under way to manipulate election results but the PTI-backed independent candidates had form 45 and they would move the relevant forums against irregularities in the polls.
He requested the ECP to announce the results of all candidates.
He continued that the process of forming the governments could kick off only after the announcement of all the results.