Imran Khan’s Absence Fuels Defiance and Despair for Pakistan Voters
- Popular ex-cricket star Imran Khan sidelined before the polls
- Meanwhile, army seen blessing ex-premier Nawaz Sharif’s return
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At a campaign office of Imran Khan’s beleaguered political party in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, workers remain defiant about an election later this week even as the former prime minister sits in jail and another ex-leader, Nawaz Sharif, is the favorite to take power.
“We will not panic,” Tasawar Farooq, 38, said in an interview at the office ahead of Thursday’s vote. “We will compete with them fully.”