- The EIU report states that Pakistan was tarnished by violence during the day of the vote.
- Pakistan saw the largest elections in 2024 in terms of electoral participation.
- On February 8 he saw the national Internet suspension, mobile services.
The new Democracy Index of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has affirmed that the classification of Pakistan’s democracy fell from 3.25 in 2023 to 2.84 in 2024 in the midst of political chaos marked by electoral disorders.
According to the report on the global democracy classification, Pakistan witnessed violence before and on the day of the vote, on February 8, 2024.
“The most popular politician, Imran Khan, whose democratic credentials themselves are questionable, was imprisoned shortly before the elections occurred,” the ISU said.
It is worth noting that the 2024 general elections had the greatest electoral participation in the history of Pakistan, according to the free and fair electoral network (Fafen).
However, the events before and after the voting day raised questions about democratic rights and freedom in the country.
Concerns were also raised regarding the reliability and reliability of the general elections by the Pakistan Human Rights Commission (HRCP).
The HRCP electoral monitors observed prominent issues when performing inspections on the site in 51 electoral districts. The day of the rounds saw a national closure on the Internet and the suspension of mobile services along with unplanned alterations in survey information, endangering the ability of voters to locate electoral schools.
In addition, the prolonged delay in the announcement of the electoral results by the officers who return also arose as a problem.
In addition, the process after the reference was labeled unsatisfactory. In a fifth of all the electoral centers observed by the HRCP, the president did not place the declaration of the count in a conspicuous place for public exhibition or was not transmitted by transmitting a photograph of the result to the officer who already returns the electoral commission of Pakistan (ECP).
It was alleged in many cases that the announcement of the officer who returns did not have the president’s count
Occorbatingly, the reports of candidates, voting agents and observers who are denied permission to witness the provisional consolidation of the results.
According to PakGazette’s electoral cell (GEC), it carried out its own investigations, there were more problems and inconsistencies, since the cell discovered that almost every way, except some where Nawaz Sharif from PML-N obtained more than 1,000 votes, seemed to have been altered, informed, informed Geographical news.
In addition, some electoral plants also showed clear signs of voting votes, where votes were exchanged.
The EIU Democracy Index report has also revealed that global democracy is worse than at any time in the history of almost two decades of the index
According to the report, during the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed him.
Parallel to this, Afghanistan has been the lowest country classified since 2021, noting only 0.25 points. The biggest change came from Bangladesh, which fell 25 places.
