Image copyright Reuters Symbol caption Imran Khan giving his televised speech from his house on the outskirts of Islamabad
Former cricketer Imran Khan has claimed victory in Pakistan’s election, amid accusations of vote rigging through opponents.
In a television address, he mentioned: “We had been a success and we were given a mandate.”
His PTI birthday party remains to be anticipated to fall wanting an total majority and to seek coalition partners.
Campaigning has been marred by violence. On balloting day a bomb killed 31 people at a polling station.
Mr Khan, the charismatic aristocrat who captained Pakistan to an international Cup victory in 1992, has lengthy shed his famous person playboy image and has just lately faced accusations that his election problem used to be profiting from army interference in the nuclear-armed republic.
An professional affirmation of the vote is anticipated to come back later in the evening.
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The birthday party of disgraced former Top Minister Nawaz Sharif has rejected the consequences, as have a host of smaller events, all alleging vote-rigging and manipulation.
In his address, Mr Khan stated: “I Believe this has been the clearest, fairest election Pakistan has ever had.” He introduced that he may inspect any claims to the opposite.
He additionally appealed to his competitors to sign up for arms with him to boost Pakistan. And he vowed to hold talks with India to seek a solution to the dispute over the Kashmir area.
