Pakistan election results: Why young voters continue to support Imran Khan’s PTI
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Pakistan election results: Why young voters continue to support Imran Khan’s PTI

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Pakistan election results have sprung a surprise. Independent candidates backed by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have won the most seats overall in the general elections. A supporter walks past a poster of imprisoned leader Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan display at his party office, in Islamabad, Pakistan, 9 February 2024. Why young voters back Imran Khan Khan’s popularity has sustained among young voters, who comprise 125 million of the total 241.49 million population of Pakistan. Speaking to Reuters, Naila Khan Marwat, a 26-year-old PTI volunteer, said she gave her first vote to Khan’s party in 2018 as she saw the former cricketer as being “true” to Pakistan.

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