Pakistan Opposition Party Calls for Investigation of Election ‘Rigging’

Pakistan Opposition Party Calls for Investigation of Election ‘Rigging’
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sits on a plane after landing at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan, July 13, 2018. Reuters/ Drazen Jorgic
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LAHORE—Pakistan’s main opposition party called on July 29 for a judicial investigation into what it said was rigging at an election this week that it lost.

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or Pakistan Movement for Justice, emerged as the largest single party in the July 25 vote, defeating the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) party of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.