Pakistan's 2024 general elections were largely transparent, efficient and peaceful

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE. Contrary to the Commonwealth Observer Group’s interim statement, Pakistan’s General Elections took place in a turbulent political and security environment, and were marred by various irregularities, especially in the process of counting and consolidating votes, and in the announcement of results. Official consolidated results were announced well after the legal deadline and were contradicted by publicly available polling station level data. Largely due to the glaring discrepancies between these data sets, the results of several hundred constituencies are currently being challenged before election tribunals that were constituted for the purpose of hearing complaints related to the election.

Reviewed by Soch Fact Check ↗ · August 29, 2024