Jailed ex-Pakistan PM uses AI to claim election victory

Incarcerated former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Friday used artificial intelligence (AI) to declare victory in the country’s general election.

In an AI-generated victory speech, Khan lauded people for "massive electoral turnout," noting that the nation's "unprecedented fightback" resulted in a "landslide" victory for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Anadolu reported.

“We are winning in more than 170 seats of the national assembly (lower house),” Khan said in the message posted on X.

He criticised his nemesis Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif for delivering a “victory speech” even when his party was behind the PTI.

Khan, who has been imprisoned since last August, urged people to celebrate and pray.

Khan claimed the PTI won the polls with a “two-thirds majority” after “two years of oppression and injustices”.

Final results soon

Meanwhile, Sharif has called for a unity government urging other parties to join it.

Millions of Pakistanis voted on Thursday to elect a new Parliament and four provincial assemblies.

Independent candidates backed by the PTI party are in the lead as the final results of Pakistan's high-stakes election are awaited.

The PTI-affiliated independents have won at least 95 seats, followed by PML-N with 66 and centre-left Pakistan People's Party with 51.

The final results are expected within a few hours.

- Bernama

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