PTI leader Taimur Khan Jhagra has said that his party “remained the largest” in the February 8 polls while party leader Hammad Azhar highlighted the numerous challenges faced by them during the election campaign.

In a post on X, Azhar said, “They rejected our nomination papers. They jailed our leadership. Then took away the bat [electoral symbol].

“Then took away 80 National Assembly and even more provincial assembly seats. They abducted, bribed, threatened our elected members,” he claimed.

“Stealing the mandate doesn’t explain the crime fully,” Azhar asserted.

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