Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Wednesday ruled out allying with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), whose independent candidates are leading with the most seats in the general elections 2024.

Jamaat-e-Islami also announced a sit-in protest against rigging in the recent elections. Deputy Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Liaquat Baloch said that JI will not form a coalition with Tehreek-e-Insaf in both the center and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The decision to not support PTI was made after consultation with Majlis Shura, Liaquat Baloch said.

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Naib Amir JI requested Chief Justice of Pakisan to form a judicial commission on election rigging. The election commission is silent despite massive rigging and our candidates in KP were defeated by rigging, he addded.

Jamaat-e-Islami spokesperson, Qaiser Sharif stated that the election results were rigged on a large scale by hiding them at night, and the matters are being controlled from somewhere else.