Pakistan elections: what change?
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Awami Workers Party election rally
The general elections in Pakistan have brought Imran Kahn to power with the slogan “a new Pakistan”. Farooq Tariq, a leading member of the Awami Workers Party, explains that little will change as the military and the IMF still have their hands around the necks of the people of Pakistan.
After his election victory on 26 July 2018, Imran Khan gave a sober speech contrary to his very violent language used throughout the election campaign. He had “won” 116 seats out of the 342 seats National Assembly, of which 278 seats are contested directly on First Past The Post (FPTP) system. He is short of the 137 seats needed for the majority in the parliament. However, there are plenty of parliamentarians elected as “independents” who will either join his ...