ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will hold delayed national elections on February 8 next year, the election commission said Thursday, as the country grapples with overlapping political, economic and security crises.

PUSHING THROUGH A vehicle carrying Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan leaves after he appeared before the court in Islamabad on June 19, 2023. Pakistan will hold delayed national elections on February 8 next year, the election commission said Thursday, November 2, as the country grapples with overlapping political, economic and security crises. The vote is set to take place without Khan, who was barred from contesting polls after being convicted of graft and held in custody over leaking state secrets. AFP PHOTO
PUSHING THROUGH A vehicle carrying Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan leaves after he appeared before the court in Islamabad on June 19, 2023. Pakistan will hold delayed national elections on February 8 next year, the election commission said Thursday, November 2, as the country grapples with overlapping political, economic and security crises. The vote is set to take place without Khan, who was barred from contesting polls after being convicted of graft and held in custody over leaking state secrets. AFP PHOTO

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