Posted 2/11/2024, 2:38:32 AM
PTI Stages Nationwide Protests Against Alleged Pakistan Election Rigging, Facing Crackdowns
- PTI workers held protests across Pakistan against alleged election rigging, facing police action in some areas
- PTI leadership called for peaceful protests outside returning officers' offices, announced intraparty elections
- In Karachi, PTI, JI, and TLP held rare joint protest sit-in outside ECP office over "rigged" election
- In KP, PTI workers continued sit-in over alleged rigging in PK-82; ex-minister alleged manipulation of Peshawar results
- In Punjab, police used batons and teargas on protesting PTI workers; PTI alleged beatings and arrests of scores of workers