Pakistan ex-PMs and bitter rivals Sharif and Khan both claim poll win


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  • Thursday, 08 Feb 2024

Polling staff prepare a polling booth at a school for the general election in Karachi, Pakistan February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant attacks, throwing the country into further political turmoil.

Sharif's party won the most seats by a single party in Thursday's election, but supporters of imprisoned Khan, who ran as independents instead of as a single bloc after his party was barred from the polls, won the most seats overall.

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