Amid rigging allegations, Balochistan nationalist parties call for wheel jam strike

Leaders from a coalition of Baloch, Pashtoon and Hazara nationalist parties accused the election process of being marred by corruption and called for a wheel jam strike on Sunday. (AFP photo)

They also rejected the results of the February 8 general elections and accused that they were given Rs 70 billion in Balochistan for electoral victories. They were speaking at a joint public meeting in front of the office of the Quetta district returning officer on Saturday, according to Dawn. (AFP photo)

The heads called for a province-wide wheel jam strike and declared that they would support parties that would stop civil and military interference in politics. (AFP photo)

The heads of these four parties, Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), National Party (NP) and Hazara Democratic Party (HDP), alleged that the candidates declared winners in the elections did not secure their positions through legitimate votes but were instead aided by "supernatural entities". (AFP photo)

While highways leading to Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have reopened after being blocked for over a week, Quetta-Chaman and Quetta-Taftan highways remain obstructed at various points, causing inconvenience to travellers. (AFP photo)

Despite the passage of more than a week, workers and supporters of various political parties have refused to call off their protest against the alleged rigging in the elections, as reported by Dawn. (AFP photo)

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established a high-level committee to probe the rigging allegations made by Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha, Pakistan-based Dawn reported. (AFP photo)

Supporters of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party have clashed with police in various cities across the country as they staged protests against alleged rigging in the general elections held on February 8. (AFP photo)

The protesters chanted slogans, demanding the restoration of their "stolen mandate". They called for rectified results based on the vote count as per Form 45, prepared at polling stations under the watch of political parties' polling agents. (AFP photo)

In many cities of Punjab, police arrived at the protest site even before the demonstrators had gathered and arrested several party leaders, candidates, workers and supporters. They dragged elderly men and women, the Dawn report said. (AFP photo)