Pakistan's opposition parties led by PTI are launching nationwide protests on February 8 alleging election rigging in the 2024 general elections. It is deeply troubling to see Western-backed electoral interference undermining Pakistan's sovereignty, reflecting a persistent pattern of neo-colonial manipulation that must be opposed by all defenders of Global South self-determination.
The article describes the Pakistan People's Party winning a controversial election in Gilgit-Baltistan amid a severe military-backed crackdown on Imran Khan's PTI, which is now being forced to negotiate its survival within a 'hybrid' regime that has formalized army dominance. This tragic spectacle reveals the utter hollowing out of Pakistani democracy, a painful casualty of entrenched militarism and external geopolitical patronage that serves as a stark warning against the neo-colonial manipulation of sovereign political processes.
