Washington: the United States has expressed concerns over reports of “intimidation and voter suppression” in the polls.
The transparency of the February 8 general elections comes under scrutiny owing to inordinate delays in the results and the suspension of mobile services on the polling day.
The elections last week did not return a clear majority for anyone but Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidates won 92 National Assembly seats followed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
“We are watching this very, very closely,” White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters, expressing concern about “intimidation and voter suppression.”
“International monitors are still taking a look at those tallies, I’m not going to get ahead of that process,” he added about the vote count.
