The Take: Pakistan prepares to vote with Imran Khan in jail

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 prison sentences days before a general election. Khan, who calls his trials a sham, is barred from the ballot although candidates from his party are still running as independents. So what’s on the line in Pakistan’s elections this week?

In this episode: 

• Benazir Shah (@Benazir_Shah), Geo Television journalist
• Osama Bin Javaid (@osamabinjavaid), 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.

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