Pakistan: Independents surprisingly strong in parliamentary elections. Indicted ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan and his opposition party PTI are currently ahead in the parliamentary elections in Pakistan.
After counting 236 of the 266 constituencies, candidates registered as independents won around 40 percent of the parliamentary seats. In second place was the PML-N of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was recently considered the favorite. The People's Party PPP with its 35-year-old top candidate Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got around 22 percent.