The world is watching Pakistan right now as its general elections take place, a country where millions of people vote to choose their own destiny. The world press is keeping a careful eye on this democratic experiment, offering views and opinions on the significance and consequences of Pakistan’s election procedure.
Leading international news agencies, such as Al Jazeera, CNN, and the BBC, have covered Pakistan’s general elections in great detail. These media outlets are covering a wide range of election-related topics, from candidate biographies to live updates to in-depth analysis, including the state of security and the disruption of mobile services.
“Polls close across Pakistan after millions vote in election mired in controversy,” according to a CNN report from the US that day.
It contained an overview of today’s violence as well as reports on the twin reports from Balochistan on Wednesday. The media outlet cited the Interior Ministry’s announcement, which revealed the ministry’s intention to temporarily halt mobile internet connections across the country while the elections were going on. The statement also featured PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s and other activists’ reactions to the move.
CNN’s report also mentioned how the world community was keenly following the elections, emphasizing Volker Türk, the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the UN, who urged the authorities to provide a “fully free and fair vote” on Tuesday.
The leaders of the main political parties, including Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif, and Bilawal, were mentioned towards the end. Particular attention was paid to the situation that Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are currently in.
“Pakistan elections 2024: Polls close after mobile internet cut,” the BBC in Britain reported. Reporting on the disruptions brought forth by the suspension of mobile services was how they began their coverage. Then they said that at Icchra, Lahore, Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz had cast their votes. Interestingly, they were able to talk to Sharif. “After casting his vote, he spoke to the BBC outside the polling place and said he had ‘never had any problems with the military,’ perhaps forgetting that he had spent a large portion of his long career at loggerheads with the generals.”
After that, they provided a summary and history of the circumstances leading up to the election, pointing out that PTI had lost its election symbol and raising issues with militancy and the economy.
Al Jazeera, a news organization located in Qatar, kept a close eye on the events using a live blog that is now closed and titled “Pakistan election 2024 updates: Voting ends in polls marred by violence.”
The results of the polling, the mobile internet outage, and the daytime violence were all emphasized in the live blog summary. They also provided an explanation of Pakistan’s electoral system.
“General election voting in Pakistan ends, counting begins,” stated Chinese news agency Xinhua. In its election report, Xinhua mentioned the polls’ start and conclusion times as well as the political parties’ denied requests to prolong the polling hours.
After that, they provided the candidates’ official ECP numbers, the total number of voters who have registered, and the total number of general assembly seats up for grabs at the federal and local levels.
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