Imran Khan has won a critical victory in by-elections in Pakistan’s most populous province, putting the former prime minister on track to force early parliamentary polls just months after he was ousted from office.
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, or Pakistan Justice party, won 15 of the 20 seats contested in Punjab as voters vented their fury over spiralling living costs.
The province, home to about 60 per cent of Pakistan’s population of more than 220mn, has long been considered the political stronghold of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his brother Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister.
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