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Pakistan Election 2018: Live updates

According to unofficial and unconfirmed results, the PTI is leading with 120 seats while the PMLN has secured 119 seats.

By Web Desk
July 26, 2018


3:46 pm - According to unofficial and unconfirmed results, the PTI is leading with 120 seats while the PMLN has secured 119 seats.

3:37 pm - PP-9 Results of Rawalpindi 4 for Election 2018 has been received from 40% polling stations. Up till now, Chaudhary Sajid Mehmood of PTI leads with 51,524 votes while Chaudhary Sarfaraz Ahmad Khan from PPPP is on 2nd position with 29,290 votes and Raja Muhammad Hamid from PML-N is on 3rd position with 8,154 votes. 

3: 22 pm - Indian congress leader, Rahul Gandhi suggested on how India should quit electronic voting and switch to Ballet papers like Pakistan has been practicing in its recent elections lately.

3:11 pm - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif has met with his elder brother Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz  to discuss political situation emerging after the election in their meeting. 

3:08 pm - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has defeated Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shahbaz Sharif in National Assembly constituency NA-249.

3:06 pm -  PP 144 Results of Lahore 1 for Election 2018 has been received from 12% polling stations. Up till now, Sami Ullah Khan of PML-Nleads with 3972 votes while Chaudhry Khalid Mehmood from PTI is on 2nd position with 3700 votes.

 3:04 pm - PP-6 Results of Rawalpindi 1 for Election 2018 has been received from 100% polling stations. Up till now, Muhammad Latasub Satti of PTI leads with 64,322 votes while Raja Ashfaq Sarwar from PML-N is on 2nd position with 56,622 votes.

3:00 pm - Five soldiers of the Pakistan Army lost their lives while performing election duties on Wednesday, military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Thursday.

 2: 55 pm - PS-10 Results of Rattodero for Election 2018 has been received from 3% polling stations. Up till now, Faryal Talpur of PPPP leads with 3762 votes while Ameer Buksh Khan Bhutto from PTI is on 2nd position with 2240 votes.

2:50 pm -  Several cricket stars are dropping their congratulatory tweets for the PTI chief and the probable next Prime Minister of Pakistan. Shahid Afridi, Ramiz Raja, international cricket stars Kapil Dev and Ian Biship congratulate Imran Khan for historic general elections' win. 

2:45 pm - PB-1 Results of Musakhail-cum-Sherani for Election 2018 has been received from 100% polling stations. Up till now, Haji Muhammad Hassan Sherani of MMA leads with 12,015 votes while Sardar Babar Khan from PTI is on 2nd position with 11,726 votes.

2:33 pm - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) stalwart Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has defeated PTI's central leader Aleem Khan in National Assembly constituency NA-129 from Lahore.

2:25 pm - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Ali Ameen Gandapur has defeated Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman from NA-38 Dera Ismail Khan.

2:15 pm - According to Geo News, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is leading on nine constituencies with PTI trailing behind on five seats.

2:00 pm - NA-131 Results of Lahore 9 for Election 2018 have been received from 55% polling stations. Up till now, Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi of PTI is leading with 57,834 votes while Khawaja Saad Rafique from PML-N is on 2nd position with 43,632 votes.

1:50 pm - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Waheed Alam Khan has defeated PTI's Yasmeen Rashid, according to unofficial and unconfirmed results in NA-125.

1:30 pm - NA-245 Results of Karachi East 4 for Election 2018 have been received from 39% polling stations. Up till now, Amir Liaqat Hussain of PTI leads with 21,605 votes while Dr Farooq Sattar from MQM-P is on 2nd position with 12,010 votes. 

12:38pm – In major blow to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the PTI has defeated Shahbaz Sharif in a National Assembly constituency NA-192 in Dera Ghazi Khan.

12:25 pm - In a couple of tweets Jemima Khan, the former British wife of PTI chairman congratulated Imran Khan on winning majority of seats. She has lauded Imran's journey as "an incredible lesson in tenacity, belief and refusal to accept defeat".

10:26 am - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan is leading on all the five seats he is contesting.


9:30am - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan announces holding a meeting in Bani Gala on Thursday for consultation on government formation. 


8:00am - PSX opens on high. Analyst links bullish trend in the stock market with higher than expected victory of PTI in polls.


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09:40pm - Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan alleged that pre-poll rigging by the government in delimitation has affected the party.


09:00pm- The Electronic Result Transmission System developed by Nadra failed to deliver as after lapse of three hours no result has been transmitted through the app.


08:40pm - Naeem ul Haque: The overwhelming sentiment in favour of PTI all over the country proves that the people of Pakistan now want IK as their leader and PTI as the party in power to bring about the much needed change this country has been waiting for.


08:29pm- According to sources, turnout in Pakistan’s largest province Punjab in Election 2018 was at 53%, which was 57% in 2013 elections.


08:00pm -Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is leading in 51 National Assembly constituencies, according to unofficial and initial final results.

PML-N is at 41 and PPP 24.


7:15pm-The results have started pouring in after voting time concluded and counting of ballots started across Pakistan after a daylong polling in the landmark parliamentary elections, marred by a deadly terrorist attack in Quetta, where 31 people were martyred in a suicide attack.

Read More: Live Election 2018 results


06:40pm: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has taken notice of news channels  announcing poll results before the 07:00pm deadline.


 06:29pm

Some news channels have started announcing election results against the Code of Conduct of Election Commission of Pakistan, which bar media to announce the results before 07:00pm.


06:00pm- The voting time has concluded and counting of ballots started across Pakistan after a daylong polling in the landmark parliamentary elections, marred by a deadly terrorist attack in Quetta, where 31 people were martyred in a suicide attack.


5:55-Election Commission of Pakistan has issued notice to Imran Khan for violating secrecy of ballot paper while casting his vote in NA 53 and summoned him on July 30. ECP has asked Imran Khan to appear in person or through his counsel to  give clarification.


05:14pm - Despite demands from the top political parties to increase the polling time due to slow voting, the election commission has decided not to extend the time.


04:45pm - After PML-N’s demand of extending polling time by one hour, Pakistan Peoples’ Party and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed have also requested the election commission to increase the time till 07:00pm.


04:35pm - An important meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is being held in which the Chief Election Commissioner Justice Sardar Raza Khan would consult the provincial election commissioners on calls for extension in polling time.


04:15pm - Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has convened an urgent press conference after seeking extension in polling time. Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed and Marriyum Aurangzeb will address the presser.


04:00pm - Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) Facilitation and Complaint Cell has received so far 300 complaints regarding violation of code of conduct since start of polling.


03:15pm - Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his wife cast their vote at Rawalpindi, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

In his message, the Army Chief asked the voters to come out and vote undeterred.


2:30pm- Several political parties including Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Pakistan Peoples' Party have complained of slow voting in different cities. The PML-N in a letter to the Election Commission requested to extend polling time by one hour.


02:00pm - Mother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived at a polling station set up at Islamia College Railway Road to cast her vote in NA-124.


1:30pm -Information Minister Ali Zafar said the speculations about the timely conduct of general elections 2018 had died down as the nation went to the polls in a free manner.


01:10pm -At least 31 people were martyred and dozens more wounded in a suicide attack near a polling station provincial capital of Balochistan, officials said, as people voted in elections on Wednesday.


12:15pm - PPP leader Saeed Ghani has complained of slow voting. Ghani, who is contesting from PS-104 Karachi, told Geo News that the slow voting process may effect turn out.


12:00pm - The ECP took notice of PTI Chairman Imran Khan's media talk inside the premises of polling station. The PTI chief held a press conference in a polling station in Islamabad where he had come to cast his vote.


11:45am - At least 25 people embraced martyrdom when a 'suicide bomber' targeted a polling station in Quetta.


11:00am - Michael Gahler, chief of the European Union Election Observation Mission, visited several polling stations in the constituency NA-53 and termed the arrangements as satisfactory.


10:55am - Firing incident has been reported in NA-53 constituency from where Pakistan Peoples’ Party’s Shazia Marri is contesting. The PPP leader said that several party workers were injured.


10:45am - Polling has been stopped after five people were injured in a blast in NA-200 Larkana.


09:55am - Polling officers barred  from entering polling station number 106 of NA-247 in Karachi.

The ECP has received complaints regarding the issue from Jamaat-i-Islami.