Pakistan prepares to vote, with Imran Khan in jail | The Take
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Former cricket star turned prime minister, Imran Khan, is one of Pakistan’s most popular politicians. But he’s in jail, and was just handed three more jail sentences days before a general election. He’s barred from the ballot, though his party is still running and has called his trials a sham. So what’s on the line in Pakistan’s election this week?
In this episode:
– Benazir Shah, Geo Television Journalist
– Osama Bin Javaid, Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Fahrinisa Campana and David Enders with our host, Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin and Sonia Bhagat fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.