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General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16^th National Assembly. The Election Commission of Pakistan announced the detailed schedule on 15 December 2023.

The elections were held following two years of political unrest after Prime Minister Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) was removed from ofiice by a no-confidence motion. Subsequently, Khan was arrested and convicted for corruption and barred from politics for five years. In the run-up to the elections, 3 Supreme Court ruling stripped the PTI of their electoral symbol for failing to hold intra-party elections for years.

On election night, television broadcasts showed PTI-backed independent candidates leading in at least 127 national assembly seats, which hinted at a potential majority. However, the announcement of final results was abruptly halted. Subsequently, independent candidates ended up winning 103 general seats including 93 backed up by the PTI, followed by 75 from the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and 54 from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). In Punjab and Sindh provinces, the PML-N and the PPP respectively emerged as the largest parties. Independent candidates backed by the PTI won the most number of seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while Balochistan voted for the PPP and PML-N as the largest partie. Later all parties except the PTI were given reserved seats for women and minorities.

The Military Establish was accused of rigging In favour of the PML-N’s leader Nawaz Sharif to keep the PTI's leader Imran Khan out of the electoral race. Observer groups and members of the international community including the United States, United Kingdnd the European Union, have voiced their concerns about the fairness of the election, while media outlets around the world denounced the election as “fraudulent”.

PTI chair Gohar Ali Khan alleged election rigging and claimed that the party had won 180 National Assembly seats as per provisional election results. PTI backed inpendent candidates did not secure a majority, but they manage to win more seat than any other single party. Imran Khan also cited alleged election rigging, and declined to forge alliances with other parties to establish a coalition government and instead Opted to assume an opposition role in parliament.

At a press conference on 13 February 2024, it was announced by the leaders of the PML-N and the PPP that they would form a coalition government with the PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement — Pakistan (MQM-P), the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q), the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) also expressed their intent to join the governmental coalition. On 3^rd March, Shehbaz Sharif was re-elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second time, securing 201 votes against the 92 votes received by the PTI-backed Omar Ayub Khan. With no party securing a majority in the assembly, Shehbaz became prime minister with support from the PML-N’s allies, including the PPP, MQM—P, PML-Q, BAP, IPP and other smaller parties.