Why imran cannot win

Coincidentally, this is also the first time that Pakistan has won a T20I by 10 wickets. Latest News. T20 World Cup. Before all was lost, never say never was the order of the day, as another video was leaked on the election eve. This one intended to get an opposition nominee — Gilani — disqualified. Yes, history has enough record of votes going missing but here, officers with ballots went missing — only to return the following day with the excuse that they got lost in dhund fog.

This is the stuff dreams are made up of. Re-election was announced in Daska. Some thought the election commission was showing spine; others felt the establishment had become neutral.

What is life and politics, after all, without some hope. PTI was marred with infighting over the selection of candidates. One prominent member was federal minister Faisal Vawda, who is facing a dual nationality case. The same minister had showed up with a boot on a news show. Then on Wednesday, he showed up without the boot, cast his vote, resigned from the National Assembly — all within 15 minutes and was crowned senator in the evening.

Indians and Pakistanis came to pawri together. It was said that PM Imran Khan himself would oversee the progress of the Senate election preparations. On the election day, Shehryar Afridi, the Kashmir Committee Chairman, ended up getting his vote rejected because he signed off his name on the ballot paper.

His request to cast his vote again was denied. Such was the preparation that Afridi thought he was giving an autograph. Imagine the government trusts him with the jugular-ly important Kashmir cause? Shocking, if untrue. This shows how well Imran Khan had trained his flock to bowl no-ball in the super over. Dozens of parties and independent candidates were vying for seats in the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament.

But a cloud hung over the election going into polling day. It was the judiciary that ousted him and ultimately indicted him, but many think it was under the influence of the military. The military is considered to have favored and bolstered him in recent years. Voting on election day itself seemed to go smoothly.

Citizens turned out to vote across the country despite a terrorist attack in Quetta that killed more than 30 people. Women turned out to vote in some constituencies where female voter turnout had been zero in Overall turnout was recorded at 52 percent, compared to a high of 55 percent in It was a heartening day.

Vote counts were coming in slowly or not at all, and a number of parties other than the PTI said there had been alarming irregularities, including polling agents from their parties being told to leave polling stations during counting. Digital Be informed with the essential news and opinion. Delivery to your home or office Monday to Saturday FT Weekend paper — a stimulating blend of news and lifestyle features ePaper access — the digital replica of the printed newspaper.

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