“We were successful and we were given a mandate,” Imran Khan said in a televised address on Thursday, claiming victory for himself and his PTI party in Pakistan’s national election.
Khan also used his acceptance speech to declare that India and Pakistan had to come to an agreement for lasting peace in the restive Kashmir border region.
“The leaders of Pakistan and India should sit down at a table and resolve the Kashmir issue,” he said. Khan also announced plans to bolster the country’s welfare system.
His party is expected to win up to 119 seats in the 272-seat parliament. It remains to be seen if his party will win an outright majority or have to form a coalition. If so, he faces a difficult path from rival parties opposed to his victory.
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