Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday warned against creating anarchy in the country as several political parties staged protests in different parts of the country over alleged rigging in the polls. \u201cDespite challenges, the continuation of democratic process is welcome development. The elections were held peacefully despite security challenges,\u201d he said while addressing a press conference in connection with the February 8 polls. He said security agencies played a key role in maintaining law and order in the country. \u201cWe will not let anyone to spread anarchy in the country,\u201d the caretaker PM vowed. Anwaarul Haq Kakar has lamented the premature announcement of election results by media houses, saying that there was a projection of \u201cunverified figures\u201d in the process. \u201cDoes anyone know how long did it take to count the votes in the General Elections 2024?\u201d he asked. \u201cWe compiled the results in 36 hours. In 2018, it took 66 hours [to count the votes].\u201d \u201cThese things happen in real time and one needs to be reasonable we need to follow the set procedures and that is what is democracy,\u201d the premier said. PM Kakar has said he believes the general elections were held in a \u201cfree and fair manner\u201d. \u201cWe did not have any institutional mechanism either in fear or favour of an entity, political group or individual,\u201d he said, adding the same was the stated policy of the caretaker government. Regarding complaints of irregularities in the electoral process, the premier said a procedure pertaining to that had been provided by the Parliament. \u201cBut I agree that the future Parliament should focus more on the electoral process, the system of balloting and rest of the issues affiliated with it. \u201cI personally feel we should have a more robust and financially independent election commission,\u201d PM Kakar added. Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said that dialogue and legislation were needed to make the electoral process acceptable to prevent allegations regarding \u201cinterference by institutions\u201d and manipulation by political parties. PM Kakar added that he was a strong advocate of legislation to \u201csettle\u201d Pakistan\u2019s democratic process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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