Pakistan, Imran Khan proclaims himself the winner of the elections. Allegations of fraud

Imran Khan, Pakistan's New Prime Minister

Unofficial projections published by the media give the ITP winning at least 119 seats a significant advantage over its rival, the PML-N party. However, a majority of 137 seats is needed for the formation of a government. The official results have not yet been released by the Pakistan Election Commission (PCE) due to "technical problems" due to the new election software, fueling numerous suspicions of fraud by other parties in the country. contention. In particular, he protested against the PML-N, which declared on Wednesday night rejecting "totally the results" because of "obvious and mbadive irregularities", explaining that the results had been counted in the absence of their agents election. His head Shahbaz Sharif brother of the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif currently in prison for corruption, called the fraud "obvious". Even the leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in power from 2008 to 2013, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari son ​​of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto murdered in 2007 in Rawalpindi, listed as "unsuspecting and scandalous "the Result of the elections

Despite controversies and the lack of official results, in a televised speech, Khan has already proclaimed his victory. "We succeeded and they gave us a mandate," he said. According to the new Prime Minister, the elections were "historic" and are an opportunity to "finally change the fate of the country". The promise of a new Pakistan was only one of the key points of Khan's populist campaign, as well as the fight against corruption. "Today our country is in chaos, but all our policies are aimed at helping the less fortunate – he said in his long speech – A country with a rich island and a sea of ​​poor can not be a country prosperous".

Hundreds of Khan's supporters – especially young people – celebrate in the streets of the country. Meanwhile, the former cricket champion badured that he would not live in the prime minister's residence and that he would turn government buildings into public buildings.