He also looked set to form a government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of Pakistan's four provinces, and become the leader of the opposition in parliament after beating the ousted Pakistan People's party (PPP) into third place. Khan has also been credited with politicising many of Pakistan's vast number of young people and encouraging them to vote in an electrifying election with one of the highest turnouts in Pakistan's history. Nevertheless, the 30 seats the PTI is projected to get is a remarkable breakthrough for a party that has only ever won one seat in parliament before. "We are moving forward on the path of democracy."īut he said his party would formally complain about vote rigging, which some of his followers have blamed for robbing them of the sweeping victory they thought was inevitable. "I congratulate the entire nation for taking part in such a massive democratic process," he said in a video message. Khan, who is still recovering in hospital after a serious fall at a campaign rally last week, broke his silence 17 hours after Nawaz Sharif had claimed victory. Imran Khan was uncharacteristically absent from on Sundayas it became clear that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) had failed to make the huge gains he had promised his followers.
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