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Pakistani Opposition Leader Detained Amid Election Uncertainty

Marian RomainebyMarian Romaine
August 19, 2023
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Pakistani Opposition Leader Detained Amid Election Uncertainty
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Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi found himself in detention on a Saturday, as reported by his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. This development occurred mere hours after he publicly expressed his party’s intent to legally challenge any potential delay in the country’s elections.

Zulfi Bukhari, the party’s spokesperson, informed Reuters that the precise grounds for Qureshi’s detention, a two-time former foreign minister of Pakistan, remained unclear at the time. Requests for comments from the caretaker information minister went unanswered.

Bukhari took to the social media platform Twitter, now known as “X,” to denounce the arrest, stating that Qureshi had been “apprehended for conducting a press conference and reiterating PTI’s stance against the prevailing tyranny and pre-poll rigging in Pakistan.”

It’s noteworthy that PTI party chairman Imran Khan is currently serving a three-year jail sentence following his conviction on corruption charges. Additionally, he is barred from participating in any elections for a five-year period. Khan, who denies any wrongdoing, emerged victorious in the 2018 elections and served as the prime minister until he was ousted in a vote of no confidence in 2022.

The election, originally scheduled to take place within 90 days of the recent dissolution of parliament, is now shrouded in uncertainty. Pakistan grapples with constitutional, political, and economic crises.

The outgoing government, in its final days, greenlit a fresh census, necessitating the reconfiguration of electoral boundaries by the Election Commission. Drawing new boundaries for numerous federal and provincial constituencies in a nation of 241 million inhabitants is anticipated to be a time-consuming process, potentially spanning six months or longer, according to a former commission official.

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