Election observers from the Commonwealth have criticised the fairness of Pakistan’s 2024 general election in a long-awaited final report, warning that voters’ “fundamental political rights” had been restricted.
The election was won by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) despite its candidates being forced to register as independents, yet the party was denied the chance to form a government and a coalition was instead agreed upon by the country’s two legacy parties, with Shehbaz Sharif reinstalled as prime minister.
