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Pakistan's election will not be about change this time

Military is showing it wants Nawaz Sharif back as prime minister for fourth term

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Nawaz Sharif, center, waves to supporters in Lahore on Oct. 21 after returning from self-imposed exile.   © Reuters

Salman Rafi Sheikh is assistant professor of politics at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Lahore University of Management Sciences.

With the recent announcement that fresh elections will be held in February, some observers are expressing hope that fresh winds of political change will take Pakistan away from the populism of former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a more development-oriented policy approach.

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