Imran Khan: How Pakistan ex-PM plans to win an election from jail - BBC News

The former Pakistan PM's party believes new tactics can help it win elections despite a crackdown.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, Imran Khan's candidates have been addressing rallies via big screens rather than attending in person - many are in hiding or have quitBy Caroline DaviesBBC News, Sialkot, PakistanFrom prime minister to prison in less than two years, Imran Khan and his party have fallen dramatically from political grace.

But the PTI says it has not given up its belief that it can win this week's general election in Pakistan, despite its founder being jailed in cases he says are politically motivated, and barred from running for office.

The party is aiming to overcome the authorities' crackdown with the help of a social media fightback - and new candidates, many of them untested.

Rehena Dar is being swept along the back roads of Sialkot, past the posters of her face plastered on the narrow street corners of this city in Punjab province. Her way is cleared by the sound of beating drums as rose petals shower her from above.

If becoming a politician unexpectedly in her 70s has taken her by surprise, she doesn't show it for a second. The fears which have driven many of her fellow candidates underground or out of politics seem to have been shrugged off.

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