The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted in favour of an impartial investigation into claims of election rigging in Pakistan following the February 8 polls.

Pakistan’s general elections were marred by a nationwide mobile internet shutdown on election day, delays in results, leading to accusations that the elections were manipulated.

The US house voted 368-7 over a resolution calling for “full and independent investigation of claims of interference or irregularities in Pakistan’s February 2024 election.”

Furthermore, it also condemned “attempts to suppress the people of Pakistan’s participation in their democracy, including through harassment, intimidation, violence, arbitrary detention, restrictions on access to the Internet and telecommunications, or any violation of their human, civil, or political rights.”

Michael Kugelman, Director of South Asia Institute at The Wilson Center in Washington, said the vote margin was significant.

In a social media post, he wrote, “85 per cent of House members voted on it, and 98 per cent voted in favour of the resolution.”

PTI leader Shehbaz Gill also took to twitter to express his thoughts on the matter.