Candidates backed by imprisoned former PM Imran Khan leading Pakistan election

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Independent candidates backed by imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan were leading Pakistan’s national election results Friday, a surprise given claims by Khan’s supporters and a national rights body that the balloting was manipulated to favour his rival.

Khan, a former-cricketer-turned-politician with a significant grassroots following, was disqualified from running in Thursday’s election because of criminal convictions he contends were politically motivated. His party’s candidates ran as independents after they were barred from using the party symbol — a cricket bat — to help illiterate voters find them on ballots.

Of the 156 National Assembly results announced by the country’s election oversight

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