Election results leave Pakistanis anxious. They say 2024 polls ‘worst rigged in history'

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New Delhi:Election results in Pakistan have dashed the hopes of many people in the country who were expecting political stability..

Right now, Pakistanis are an anxious lot, with commentators certain that elites will have no problem continuing the old game of making and breaking governments...

While Shehbaz Sharif of PML-N and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari of PPP have held talks and agreed on a potential partnership, there is no sign of a government in making yet..

Commentator Attiya Munawer wrote in The Nation that a strong and stable political government will not be able to be established in the country, nor will the democratic institutions be able to gain stability On the contrary, even after the recent elections, the elites will have no problem continuing the old game of making and breaking governments through political manipulation to achieve and protect the interests...

While Pakistani journalist Najam Sethiviewsthe election results as a display of defiance against the powerful military establishment, others express disappointment and anxiety about the future political landscape...