Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
As polling stations closed across Pakistan on Thursday evening, democracy defenders accused the South Asian nation's U.S.-backed government—which banned the country's most popular politician from running for office—of conducting a general election rife with voter suppression and violence.
' Additionally, the PTI's party offices and candidates' homes have been raided by police. Voters have reportedly been assigned to polling stations that don't match where they live, and Pakistani media outlets have reported faults in the vote tabulation system. 'Pakistan elections are a sham without Imran Khan.
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