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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Pakistan election commission accused of changing voting map to favour ex-PM

Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif.
Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif. Photograph: Rahat Dar/EPA

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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