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PTI calls for 'transparent, judicially supervised' probe into 2018, 2024 elections
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PTI calls for 'transparent, judicially supervised' probe into 2018, 2024 elections

From Dawn · () English

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  • The PTI has rejected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's statements regarding the legitimacy of the 2018 elections and the current government.
  • Sharif suggested the 2018 elections should be investigated, linking the legitimacy of the current government to those polls.
  • PTI's information secretary called Sharif's remarks a display of 'selective memory and political acrobatics,' equating the current government to a 'Form-47 regime'.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has vehemently rejected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's recent statements concerning the legitimacy of the 2018 general elections and the current government. Sharif had asserted in the National Assembly that the legitimacy of the incumbent administration is tied to the outcome of the 2018 polls, suggesting an investigation into those elections.

Responding to the prime minister's remarks, PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram criticized Sharif's comments as a "remarkable display of selective memory and political acrobatics." Akram accused Sharif of attempting to equate the current government, which he termed a "Form-47 regime," with the results of the 2018 elections. The PTI's stance underscores the deep political divisions and ongoing disputes over electoral integrity in Pakistan.

In a remarkable display of selective memory and political acrobatics, Shehbaz Sharif attempted to equate the current Form-47 regime with the 2018 elections

โ€” Sheikh Waqas AkramPTI Information Secretary's response to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's statements on election legitimacy.
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