The post was shared a day before Pakistan’s<\/span>\u00a0split-verdict<\/a> national election on February 8<\/span> that was marred by allegations of manipulation.<\/p>\n Analysts had predicted the vote would see Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party largely wiped away after suffering a crackdown since being ousted in 2022.<\/p>\n The former premier was also sentenced to lengthy jail terms for treason, graft, and an illegal marriage.<\/p>\n But PTI-backed candidates took around 90 of the 266 elected assembly seats — a hefty opposition bloc set to continue bedevilling any incoming administration.<\/p>\n The army-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said it would partner with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and some smaller parties to form the next government.<\/p>\n The photo of Khan voting was also shared alongside a similar misleading claim here<\/a>, here<\/a> and\u00a0here<\/a> on X, and here<\/a> and\u00a0here<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n Khan was allowed a postal ballot<\/a> from Adiala Jail, a PTI official told AFP on February 8.<\/p>\n However, a reverse image search on Google found the photo in the posts was earlier posted<\/a>\u00a0on Khan’s verified Facebook account on October 14, 2018 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n Its caption reads: “Prime Minister Imran Khan cast his vote in NA-53 constituency earlier today.”<\/p>\n Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in one of the misleading posts (left) and the photo on Khan’s Facebook page (right):<\/p>\nOld picture<\/h3>\n