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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Abid Hussain

As election campaign ends in Pakistan, many lament Imran Khan’s absence

Pakistan's lacklustre election campaign ended on Tuesday night [Abid Hussain/Al Jazeera]

Lahore, Pakistan – Shayan Bhatti is among hundreds of people praying inside the shrine of Ali al-Hajveri in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city and the capital of the country’s politically crucial Punjab province.

Dressed in a white shalwar kameez with a black shawl over his shoulder, Bhatti was at the shrine not only to pray for the wellbeing of his family but also for Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan who is in prison since August last year.

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