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Imran Khan’s candidates won the most seats despite heavy-handed attempts to hobble them
The delay was unusual even by the standards of Pakistan’s messy politics. Late on February 11th, nearly three days after a legal deadline, the country’s election commission at last released provisional results of general elections held on February 8th. No party obtained a majority, but the vote nonetheless produced a clear winner: Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister who was barred from standing and whose party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (pti), was subject to a de facto ban.Voters disregarded the hints to shun Mr Khan, casting their ballots for Mr Khan’s candidates anyway. Members of the pti, standing as independents, bagged 92 of 264 parliamentary seats. The Pakistan Muslim League (pml-n) of Nawaz Sharif, Mr Khan’s chief rival and a three-time former prime minister, was widely expected to win. It limped in second with 75 seats.

Pakistan’s voters tell the generals where to put it
Imran Khan’s candidates won the most seats despite heavy-handed attempts to hobble them