Imran Khan’s party wins violence-marred PoK polls

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is set to form the next government in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as it emerged as the largest political party in the legislative assembly elections in the region which was marred by allegations of irregularities and violence, local media reported, citing unofficial results.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has won 23 seats while the Pakistan Peoples Party was second with eight seats and the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz secured just six seats.

The Muslim Conference and the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party were successful in one seat each.

However, The reports said that the PTI won 25 seats, followed by the PPP with nine and the PML-N six. One seat each was won by the Muslim Conference and the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party.

Thus, the PTI got a simple majority to form the government without support of any other party. It is for the first time that it will form a government in PoK.