Although the National Assembly was dissolved as per the constitution, a statement from President Arif Alvi’s office said that he acted upon the instructions from outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. It was dissolved three days prior to the completion five-year term.
Hundreds of individuals linked with hardline and banned groups were competing in the polls but so far, according to the unofficial results, none of them was seen as winning a seat in the national or provincial assemblies.
The high-voltage campaign in Pakistan was marred by violence, including an IS-claimed attack on July 13 that killed nearly 150 people.
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was leading on 103 parliamentary seats on Wednesday while its main rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was ahead on 52 seats in the initial round of counting in an election
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