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Pakistan’s Imran Khan calls for early polls after Punjab victory

People shout slogans outside a polling station in Lahore during the by-election in Punjab province [Arif Ali/AFP]

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has again called for an early national election after his party seized control of the state assembly in Punjab, the country’s most populous province.

Twenty seats were up for grabs in the Punjab by-election, which was seen as a popularity test for the former international cricket star dismissed by a no-confidence vote in April.

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