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July 26, 2018

Pakistan: Imran Khan Poised to Become PM as Opposition Rejects Vote
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In Pakistan, vote counting is underway after Wednesday's general
election, with early returns showing former cricket star Imran Khan
building a commanding lead to be the next prime minister of Pakistan.
Opposition groups, including the party of former Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif, are rejecting the results, alleging vote rigging and saying
Pakistan's powerful military unfairly sided with Khan. Wednesday's vote
proceeded amid heavy security after a string of attacks on voters left
scores dead-including a bombing in the northwestern city Quetta
Wednesday that killed 31 people and an attack on a polling station in
Balochistan that killed four others.


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