Loading ...Pakistan – ‘Mandate thieves’: New government takes shape amid slew of jabs
The PMLN and the PPP will lead a six-party coalition that has a comfortable majority. But the PTI accuses them of stealing the mandate.
The PTI, which was forced to field independent candidates after losing its electoral symbol days before the vote, emerged as a clear winner: Candidates affiliated with the party won a total of 93 seats, according to the official results.
But the party said it was deprived of a far greater mandate by widespread rigging and the manipulation of results, with its current leader Gohar Ali Khan suggesting they have evidence showing that the PTI won at least 180 seats out of 266 that were voted for.