Pakistan election commission accused of changing voting map to favour ex-PM
by Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Pet from World news | The Guardian on (#6GR0R)
Alleged plan to favour Nawaz Sharif in coming general election comes amid allegations of pre-polling rigging
The election commission of Pakistan is facing accusations of using a controversial exercise to redraw the voting map in order to favour the return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to power, amid allegations of pre-polling rigging and increasing doubts over the fairness of the coming general elections.
The process of amending constituency borders, known as delimitation, follows on from a census that was recently carried out, which was marred with controversies.
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