Pakistan's ex-PM Khan, PTI erased from campaign

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 28, 2024 12:11 am

MIANWALI, Pakistan: Pakistani cricketing legend-turned-world leader Imran Khan is wildly popular in his constituency and ancestral homeland of Mianwali, but the political posters that line the streets do not bear his face and flags do not fly his colors.

A relentless crackdown widely attributed to Pakistan's powerful military has seen him and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice or PTI) party almost erased from the election campaign ahead of the vote.

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