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Pakistan Politician Says 'Conscience' Won't Allow Him To Take Seat

A woman marks a ballot paper with a fingerprint in Karachi during national and provincial elections in Pakistan last week (Credit: AFP)

A Pakistan politician declared the winner of a provincial assembly seat in last week's election says he will cede to a rival because he believes the result was rigged.

There have been widespread allegations of vote-rigging and result manipulation after authorities switched off the country's mobile phone network on election day and the count took more than 24 hours.

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