Imran Khan’s Pakistan election win marred by ‘chaos and vote fraud’
2018-07-27 09:57:52 source：The Times
July 27, 2018
The former cricket star Imran Khan declared himself the new leader of Pakistan yesterday after an acrimonious election campaign marred by violence and accusations of fraud.
Mr Khan, 65, who captained Pakistan and won the World Cup in 1992, addressed the nation to announce that he was prime minister even though only half the votes had been counted. Speaking from his villa in the hills outside Islamabad, he said: “God has given me a chance to come to power to implement the ideology which I started 22 years ago.”
Rivals rejected the results as outrage grew at alleged vote-rigging by the military. With results in from 224 of 270 seats last night, Mr Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, had won 105 and was projected to secure almost 120. That would mark a landslide for Mr Khan, who has vowed to stamp out corruption. The party led by his main rival, Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister jailed for corruption, was on course to win only 60 seats.
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