Pakistan’s religious parties fail to leave mark in 2018 polls

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Naimat Khan

Fri, 2018-07-27 23:06

KARACHI: The mainstream religious-politico parties faced major setbacks in Pakistan’s general elections despite forging an alliance to consolidate the rightwing vote. 

Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) — an alliance of prominent mainstream religious parties including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) and Jamat-e-Islami (JI) — did not even secure half the number of votes it got in the 2002 general elections. 

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