Allies of imprisoned Pakistani ex-prime minister Imran Khan won more seats in national elections than the political parties who ousted him from power nearly two years ago, according to a final tally of results published Sunday.
The vote last Thursday to choose a new parliament was overshadowed by allegations of vote-rigging, an unprecedented cellphone shutdown, and the exclusion of Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, from the vote.
People from the PTI ran as independent candidates because of moves by the election commission and Supreme Court to cripple their party’s participation. One step included stripping the party of its electoral symbol, which
