Imran alleges Pakistan vote rigging

Report by AFP

PAKISTANI politician Imran Khan has welcomed the high turnout in the country's elections as a step forward for democracy, but says his party would submit a report on alleged vote-rigging.

His first public remarks, made in a televised statement on Sunday, came 17 hours after his main rival, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, declared victory. Khan had vowed that the polls would sweep his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) into power. Read full story in The Australian