Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan won six of eight national assembly seats he stood for in a weekend by-election, unofficial results showed on Monday, a vote he has called a referendum on his popularity.
The by-election is the latest twist in months of political wrangling that began before Khan’s April ouster via a no-confidence vote, and comes as the nation grapples with the aftermath of devastating monsoon floods that left a third of the country under water.
The polls were called “in constituencies where the government thought PTI was weakest”, Khan, a former cricket captain, said. — AFP
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