KARACHI: Despite polling concluding at 5pm in the general elections on Thursday, the nation is waiting for the results after more than seven hours have passed at midnight.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has not given any reason leading to expression of suspicions from contesting parties.

State TV, private channels, and local media initiated the process of announcing results, but progress has been slow, with results from certain constituencies in Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa still pending.

Although results are coming in from interior Sindh, the results in the provincial capital and the country's largest city, Karachi, are emerging at a slow pace.

Similarly, in the largest province of the country, Punjab, results are also being received slowly. The wait for results is ongoing from K-P and Balochistan.

Concerns and reservations have been expressed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf regarding this delay.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 09 2024

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