PRAGUE, Jan 23 —Retired general and former Nato official Petr Pavel led billionaire ex-prime minister Andrej Babis before a Czech presidential election run-off vote, according to the final Ipsos agency poll published today.

Pavel was polling at 58.8 per cent to 41.2 per cent for Babis in the poll conducted on Jan. 20-22. The two candidates meet in the second round of the election on Jan. 27-28. — Reuters