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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

A supporter of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) kisses a portrait of jailed former prime minister and party leader Imran Khan during a protes
Winning hearts, if not powerImage: Getty Images
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NO PARTY OBTAINED a majority in Pakistan’s election on February 8th. 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.

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