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Buying Votes and Frontier Politics in Pakistan's Northwest
In Jamrud Khyber Agency tribal leaders sold votes as a historic custom amid shifting power. Malik Shah recalls paying for votes to run unopposed, a system that fuels influence over licenses, permits, and regional control as Ayub Khan falls and Yahya Khan promises a general election.
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