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Nawaz Sharif “Protecting India’s Interests,” alleges Imran Khan

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, 65, attacked India on the last day of campaigning accusing the country’s neighbour of “spreading conspiracies” that the July 25th elections was being “rigged”.

The cricketer-turned-politician hit out at deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif who is in jail on corruption charges, saying the PML(N) had always tried to defame the Pakistan armed forces and institutions.

“He tried to do this through the Dawn leaks and then by claiming that the Pakistani establishment was behind the Mumbai terror attacks,” Khan said. The former cricketer told the rally in Karachi that India wanted a weak government in Pakistan.

Khan who is fighting for the Karachi seat said Nawaz Sharif was protecting India’s interests and was trying to damage the credibility of the polls to be held on Wednesday.

“Now when he(Nawaz) knows that his party is facing certain defeat in the elections, he is saying the elections are going to be rigged,” Khan told the people gathered at the rally.

“The international establishment who are creating doubts about the elections want a weak government which can be controlled like robots but that will not happen now because the people of Pakistan wanted true democracy and the wind of change would be seen in the elections,” Imran said.

PTI is involved in a bitter three-cornered fight against Nawaz Sharif’s PML(N) and Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan’s People’s Party(PPP). Several experts and pollsters have said PTI is leading in the elections, however, most of the country is an open battleground with several reports pointing towards a close fight at the hustings.

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Sensex scales record high, Nifty holds above 11,100

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Extending yesterday’s rally, the benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 150 points to record a new high of 36,869.34 in early trade today on strong Asian cues amid buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs).

The market rally was driven by strong activity on the metal, oil and gas, PSU, infrastructure, banking, FMCG and capital goods counters, rising up to 0.88 per cent.

The 30-share BSE index spurted by 150.74 points, or 0.41 per cent, to hit a new high of 36,869.34, surpassing its previous record of 36,749.69 clocked yesterday.

The gauge has gained 367.37 points in the past two sessions.

The 50-share NSE Nifty also rose 41.15 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 11,125.90.

Major gainers include Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, HUL, M&M, Tata Steel, Adani Ports, L&T, ICICI Bank, Coal India, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Power Grid, Kotak Bank, SBI, Asian Paints, HDFC, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma and ITC, rising up to 1.42 per cent.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net of Rs 259.37 crore and DIIs bought shares worth a net of Rs 124.82 crore yesterday, provisional data showed.

Traders said positive cues from other Asian markets and sustained foreign capital inflows, influenced sentiments here.

Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.60 per cent, Shanghai Composite Index 1.59 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng 1.50 per cent in early trade.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.06 per cent lower yesterday and Nasdaq closed up 0.28 per cent.

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