Live: Elections 2024

The US State Department has said it is “concerned about allegations of interference in the electoral process” in Pakistan.

According to a statement issued by State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, the US joined “credible international and local election observers in their assessment that these elections included undue restrictions on freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly”.

“We condemn electoral violence, restrictions on the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including attacks on media workers, and restrictions on access to the Internet and telecommunication services,” the statement added.

“Claims of interference or fraud should be fully investigated.”

It further said the US was “prepared to work with the next Pakistani government, regardless of political party, to advance our shared interests”.

PML-N candidate Muhammad Afzal has won the NA-125 seat from Chiniot with 65,102 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Javed Umar with 51,144 votes.

PML-N candidate Attaullah Tarar has won the NA-127 seat from Lahore with 98,210 votes by beating PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Malik Zaheer Abbas with 82,230 votes.

Former prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that PTI-backed candidates are winning on more than 170 seats according to Form 45 data, adding that a “two-third majority” has been secured.

He also lambasted Nawaz Sharif for making a victory speech despite being 30 seats behind.

“No Pakistani will accept this,” Imran said in an AI-generated speech. “International media is also writing about that stupidity.”

Imran said that according to independent sources, PTI-backed candidates were winning over 150 seats before rigging began taking place.

“You have created history,” he added.

Incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan has said that the “London plan” foiled because of the people’s vote.

In an AI-generated speech on X, the former premier apprised his voters that he had faith in all of them.

“I had faith that you all will go out and vote,” Imran said. “Your massive turn out has shocked everyone.”

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting in Lahore on Friday, according to sources within the PPP.

The meeting came shortly after Nawaz claimed victory in general elections held a day earlier, and invited his allies to form a coalition government.

The PPP and PML-N were both part of the PDM government that took over from PTI after Imran Khan’s ouster from the prime minister’s office in 2022.

PTI founder Imran Khan has congratulated the public and his party candidates for “winning” the 2024 general elections.

“You have set the foundation for your haqeeqi azaadi by voting yesterday,” the former premier said in an AI-generated speech posted on his official X account. “I congratulate you all for winning the 2024 elections.”

Former prime minister Imran Khan’s official account on X has posted an AI-generated victory speech of the incarcerated PTI founder emphasising that the nation’s “unprecedented fightback” has resulted in a landslide victory for his party in the 2024 general elections.

PTI-backed candidate Umar Farooq has won the NA-99 seat from Faisalabad with 120,686 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PML-N’s Qasim Farooq with 80,377 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Saadullah has won the NA-97 seat from Faisalabad with 72,614 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PML-N’s Ali Gohar Khan with 70,311 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Ali Afzal Sahi has won the NA-95 seat from Faisalabad with 144,761 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is Azad Ali Tabassum with 93,938 votes.

PML-N candidate Qaiser Ahmed Shaikh has won the NA-94 seat from Chiniot with 79,456 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Khalid with 72,274 votes.

Independent candidate Rashid Akbar has won the NA-92 seat from Bhakkar with 142,761 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is independent candidate Muhammad Afzal Khan with 131,176 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Iqbal Ali Khan has won the NA-86 seat from Sargodha with 105,868 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PML-N’s Syed Javed Hasnain with 94,779 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Shafqat Abbas has won the NA-84 seat from Sargodha with 101,944 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PML-N’s Liaquat Ali Khan with 77,477 votes.

PML-N candidate Anwaarul Haq Chaudhry has won the NA-75 seat from Narowal with 99,625 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Tahir Ali Javaid with 75,626 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Aslam Ghumman has won the NA-74 seat from Sialkot with 130,504 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PML-N’s Rana Shamim Ahmed Khan with 95,988 votes.

PML-N candidate Khawaja Asif has won the NA-71 seat from Sialkot with 118,566 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Rehana Imtiaz Dar with 100,272 votes.

PML-N’s Chaudhry Subhani has won the NA-70 seat from Sialkot with 123,437 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Hafiz Hamid Raza with 112,117 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Aneeq Mehdi has won the NA-67 from Hafizabad with 208,943 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is PML-N candidate Saira Afzal with 183,020 votes.

PML-N’s Nasir Iqbal Bosal has won the NA-69 seat from Mandi Bahauddin with 113285 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is independent candidate Kausar Parween PTI-backed with 108,768 votes.

Human rights activist and election hopeful Jibran Nasir says an eight-member group of lawyers has been formed to provide legal representation to all candidates from Karachi who “assert proof of winning but have been adversely affected by rigging or manipulation”.

“We are united in our commitment to upholding the integrity of the vote and ensuring that the rights of Karachi’s voters are protected, and their mandates respected in accordance with the laws and constitution of Pakistan,” he writes on X.

PTI-backed Sardar Latif Khosa has won the NA-122 seat from Lahore with 117,109 votes, as per ECP’s provisional results.

PML-N leader Saad Rafique is the runner-up with 77,907 votes.

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif emerged victorious on the NA-130 seat from Lahore with 179,310 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed Yasmin Rashid is the runner-up with 104,485 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Haji Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhry has won the NA-68 seat from Mandi Bahauddin with 166,093 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is Mushahid Raza of the PML-N with 70,926 votes.

PML-Q candidate Hussain Elahi has clinched the NA-63 seat from Gujrat with 88,069 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Sajid Yousaf with 81,640 votes.

Two young PTI workers were killed while 12 others suffered injuries in a clash with police in Shangla’s Alpuri district.

A large number of PTI workers took to the streets in the district to protest against alleged rigging.

The deceased and wounded were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital Alpuri, Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Sajjad Khan told Dawn.com, adding that the injured sustained bullet wounds and were beaten with sticks and stones.

The two dead were identified as Muhammad Hassan, 16 and Mohsin Ali, 21. Hassan was the grandson of former provincial minister and newly elected MPA Abdul Munim from PK-29.

PML-N candidate Daniyal Chaudhry has won the NA-57 seat from Rawalpindi with 83,331 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Seemabia Tahir with 56,789 votes.

PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan has said that despite “political engineering” to keep his party out of the government, the PTI registered a “moral victory” amid allegations of tampering.

“We have won the election. They can try as much to take it from us through tampering, but we have established moral victory,” he said in a press conference.

He noted that post-election, PTI will exercise all legal options including going to the tribunal courts and superior courts.

“We are not taking this tampering lightly, we won’t accept it,” Hasan asserted. “We will fight it to the end.”

PML-N’s Chaudhry Naseer Ahmed has emerged victorious on the NA-65 seat from Gujrat with 90,982 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed candidate Syed Wajahat Shah is second in the lead with 82,411 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Ahmed Chattha has won the NA-66 seat from Wazirabad with 160,676 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is independent candidate Nisar Ahmed Cheema with 100,633 votes.

Independent candidate Aqeel Malik has won the NA-54 seat from Rawalpindi with 85,912 seats, according to the ECP’s provisional results.

The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Azra Masood with 73,694 votes.

PML-N’s Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf has won the NA-61 seat from Jhelum with a lead of 88,238 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is a PTI-backed independent candidate Shaukat Iqbal Mirza with 84,215 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Mohammad Bashir Khan has won the NA-6 seat from Lower Dir with 81,060 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is JI candidate Siraj ul Haq with 56,538 votes.

PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat made a landslide victory on NA-41 seat in Lakki Marwat with 117,988 votes, according to ECP’s provisional results.

The second in the lead is JUI-F’s Asjad Mehmood with 68,303 votes.

PTI leader Asad Qaiser has said that his party is looking at various options regarding the formation of government and will come to a decision tomorrow.

“We are trying to form our government in the Federation, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” he said in an interview on Geo News.

“We had a meeting and are also trying to discuss with Imran Khan. Then we will go through our options” he added.

Qaiser stated: “We are also seriously thinking about our party’s intra-party election. We will also refer to the court over this. Let’s see which option suits us.”

When asked if independents can form a coalition government with the PPP, Qaiser said: “The most important thing is that all this is a drama. The way Bilawal made speeches (targeting Nawaz Sharif) and now they are having meetings.”

PPP’s Raja Parvez Ashraf has won the NA-52 seat from Rawalpindi with a huge lead of 112,265 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is a PTI-backed independent candidate Azam Bhatti with 91,547 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Asad Qaiser has said that the public rejected PML-N and chose Imran Khan.

Talking to Geo News, he claimed the results were being changed in this “rigged election”, adding that the PTI came out on top despite the state machinery being used against them.

PPP’s Fatehullah Khan has won the NA-45 seat from Dera Ismail Khan with 56,933 seats, according to provisional results issued by the election commission.

JUI-P’s Ubaidur Rehman is the runner-up with 48,343 votes.

PPP candidate Jamal Khan Raisani has won the NA-265 seat from Quetta with 10,678 votes, ECP’s provisional results show.

Raisani beat BNP-P’s Akhtar Mengal, who managed to clinch 9,929 votes.

PTI-backed candidate Naseem Ali Shah has won the NA-39 seat from Bannu with 148,097 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.

The runner-up is independent candidate Zahid Akram Durrani with 110,675 votes.