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Pakistan Government Loses Key Elections After Raising Gasoline Prices

Pakistan Government Loses Key Elections After Raising Gasoline Prices

ISLAMABAD—Pakistani politics were thrown into fresh turmoil Sunday when the new government lost a series of by-elections after imposing price rises on the population to secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

The party of Imran Khan, which was ousted from power in April, swept Sunday’s by-elections, winning control of Punjab, the country’s most populous province. Mr. Khan, a former cricket star and former prime minister who is a fierce political campaigner, demanded that a general election be held immediately.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-government-loses-key-elections-after-raising-gasoline-prices-11658092371