ISLAMABAD:
A broad opposition alliance, including Imran Khan’s PTI, on Monday rejected the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) election results, alleging widespread fraud and manipulation, and announced plans for protests and further political action.
The PPP came out on top in the UK election, as unofficial results showed the party ahead in 11 of the 24 seats contested in Sunday’s election. The PML-N was leading in five constituencies; the PTI in three and its ally, MWM, in one seat. Independent candidates were ahead in two electoral districts.
At a press conference on Monday, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan declared the polls “fake and manipulated” and announced that the party would hold a “black day” in Britain on swearing-in day and publish a white paper detailing the alleged irregularities.
He claimed that the PTI had scored clear victories in at least eight constituencies and possessed Form 47 results for three seats.
“We were winning 100 percent in eight seats where we should have received official results,” he said, alleging pre-election fraud and a “systematic plan” to exclude the PTI from the electoral process.
Senate opposition leader Raja Nasir Abbas, who also heads the MWM party, alleged large-scale manipulation, citing delays in results and their selective dissemination as factors raising serious questions about transparency.
He claimed that an “information blackout” in the region was aimed at hiding facts and accused the authorities of depriving PTI candidates of a level playing field.
It alleged political interference, local-level coercion and engineered defections, saying such practices had distorted the electoral environment.
“The public mandate has been stolen and redistributed,” he said, warning that undermining genuine political leadership could create a dangerous vacuum and erode trust in the state.
Separately, an alliance of opposition parties, the TTAP, also held a consultative meeting, chaired by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who also serves as leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.
The meeting was attended by Raja Nasir Abbas, PTI leader Asad Qaiser, former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and alliance spokesperson Akhunzada.
In a strongly worded statement issued after the meeting, the TTAP alleged that opposition parties, particularly the PTI, were deliberately sidelined through various tactics during the GB elections. He called the process a “repeat of the 2024 general elections” and flatly rejected the results.
“When decisions are made elsewhere, elections become a mere formality,” he said, adding that the credibility of the UK Electoral Commission and the electoral process had been seriously undermined.
He stressed that public support cannot be “snatched or stolen” and warned that any power gained through manipulation would be unsustainable.
