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The Guardian: Pakistan election in disarray as incumbent rejects result

By The Guardian.

Published July 26, 2018. Updated July 26 at 12:11 pm

Imran Khan, Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan gestures during the session 'The Future of South Asia' at the Annual Meeting 2012 of the World Economic Forum in the congress center in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2012.

Photo by World Economic Forum/swiss-image.ch

Pakistan’s general election has been plunged into chaos after the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) said it would reject the result amid widespread allegations that the military was rigging the ballot in favor of the party led by the former cricketer Imran Khan.

With only a third of the vote counted by 3 a.m. – an hour after the result was officially due – Khan’s Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led in 110 seats, with the PMLN trailing on 68.