Hardline Islamists push religion to centre of Pakistan election


  • World
  • Sunday, 22 Jul 2018

FILE PHOTO: People hold signs as they chant slogans against the participation of banned outfits to take part in general elections, during a protest outside election commission office in Karachi, Pakistan July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed is one of the United States' most-wanted terrorist suspects, accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. At home, his charities are banned, as is a new Islamist political party launched by his followers.

None of that has stopped Saeed from hitting the campaign trail for Pakistan's July 25 general election, denouncing the outgoing government as "traitors" and whipping up support for the more than 200 candidates he backs.

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