Pakistan Faces Political Turmoil Amid Election Rigging Allegations
Imran Khan's PTI calls for nationwide protests as senior official admits to election manipulation, sparking widespread unrest.
- Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, despite winning the most seats, decides to sit in opposition amid allegations of the largest voter fraud in Pakistan's history.
- A senior Pakistani official, Liaquat Ali Chattha, admits to rigging the elections, implicating the chief election commissioner and the chief justice, and resigns.
- Pakistan's Supreme Court to hear a petition seeking annulment of the February 8 polls, as multiple parties allege poll rigging and demand re-election under judiciary supervision.
- Nationwide protests erupt against alleged election rigging, with PTI leading the charge and calling for the resignation of the chief election commissioner.
- Imran Khan nominates Omar Ayub Khan as PTI's prime ministerial candidate, despite facing multiple criminal charges and being in hiding.