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    Independent candidates backed by Imran Khan on course for stunning Pakistan election win

    by Shweta Sharma Feb 09, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: EPA

    Independent candidates backed by Imran Khan’s PTI party were on course for a stunning victory in Pakistan’s general election on Friday, in a set of much-delayed results that led to widespread accusations of vote tampering and rigging.

    With projected results from more than 210 of 265 seats as of Friday evening, independent candidates – most of whom are backed by the PTI – were seen as winning 90 seats, compared to 60 for the incumbent PML-N party of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The other grand old party of Pakistani politics, the PPP, trailed in third with 48.

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