Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) will form a government in PoK for the first time. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) has won 23 seats while Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was second with eight seats and the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured just six seats, the state-run Radio Pakistan reported. Traditionally, the ruling party in the country wins the elections in Pok. Pakistan’s Opposition parties, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), have accused Khan’s party of “rigging” the elections held on Sunday. Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the radical Islamist party which was banned in April by the Pakistan government for its violent activities, contested on 40 seats.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2021 06:11 UTC