Pakistan Election Results 2018 LIVE: Wrong to Say Imran Khan is Anti-India, Says Pervez Musharraf

Police officers have replaced Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chief Imran Khan's private security guards outside his residence in Bani Gala. 

PMLN's Rana Sanaullah alleges 'votes were burnt and replaced' in his constituency, PP-113 in Punjab Province.

SHEHBAZ SHARIF LOSES | PTI's Saleem Rehman defeats PML-N chairman Shehbaz Sharif in Swat by securing 68,162 votes.

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary Babar Yaqoob told reporters early on Thursday that counting had been delayed by technical failures in an electronic reporting system and the tallying was now being conducted manually. The results was to be declared around 2 am on Thursday but is yet to be out.

Imran Khan's PTI is currently leading with 114 seats in the 272-member Pakistan National Assembly. Nawaz Sharif's PML-N has turned out to be the runner-up with 61 seats while Bilawal Bhutto's PPP is running third with 37 seats. Others, including Independents, have bagged 52 seats.

Fehmida Mirza becomes first female lawmaker to have been elected five times on a general seat.

Pakistani cricket icon-turned-politician Imran Khan nudged closer to power on Thursday after a general election that has been marred by long delays in ballot counting and accusations of rigging by opponents. But supporters of jailed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have said the process was an assault on democracy in a country that has a history of military rule.

As we waited in studio to go on air, a news alert caught Imran Khan's attention. In some part of the world, a demagogue had been caught plundering enormous amount of wealth.

PTI’s Syed Muhammad Abbas Jaffery wins PS-125, Karachi Central 3 with 30, 687 votes: Unofficial results from all polling stations. MQM’s Abdul Haseeb runner up with 26,818 votes, reports Geo News.

Pervez Musharraf: Pakistan doesn't progress because of India. It's not Pakistan's fault that there is slow movement on peaceful bilateral talks.

Pervez Musharraf to CNN-News18: Imran Khan is hawkish. Nawaz Sharif used to appease India. Imran Khan's reaction is only because of India.

Musharraf: Some in the Indian media were saying how Imran Khan would punish India once in power. That is a very wrong perception. Imran Khan has never said anything about punishing India.

Imran Khan gained experience and confidence of people: Musharraf

Musharraf: Punjab is a large province and it is according to me is even more important than the Centre. Imran Khan will have to keep that in mind.

Musharraf to CNN-News18: Who governs Punjab province is of utmost importance.

Musharraf: Imran Khan still lacks knowledge of governance. He will have to learn about that. 

I don't think the allegations of rigging are true. It is a problem with Pakistan that whoever loses starts complaining about rigging.

Pervez Musharraf: Imran Khan will now have to learn governance, the modalities and how to do and what to do. 

MUSHARRAF SPEAKS TO NEWS18 | Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf speaks to CNN-News18's Zakka Jacob. Musharraf welcomes the mandate, says "I'm very happy. Imran Khan has some problem areas, but he is a very honest man, wants to do good and has some good qualities too."

PML-N's Malik Muhamad Afzal Khokhar wins NA-136, Lahore 14 with 88,831 votes. PTI's Malik Asad Ali Khokhar runner up with 44,669 votes.

Reports of ECP now receiving results through fax as its Result Transfer System (RTS) malfunctions.

Pervez Khattak, Shah Farman and Atif Khan early frontrunners for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister's job.

Imran Khan Only Politician to Contest Five Seats and Win All of Them | Prior to Imran Khan, only Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto contested from four constituencies at the same time where he had won three and lost one seat to Mufti Mehmood. It’s a record in the history of Pakistan’s election that Khan is contesting from five areas and winning all of them. 

Imran Khan Was a Gatecrasher in Politics, Says PTI Chief's Biographer Frank Huzur | Author Frank Huzur who is the only person to pen down Imran Khan’s political biography says that he had sacrificed his personal life for the sake of serving his people in Pakistan. Excerpts from his interview: "Imran decided to separate from Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith, a Jew, as it was very difficult to get trusted by your people in an Islamic country like Pakistan. It is a tough job and he wanted to be in the good books of the people of Pakistan after which his wife also agreed and they decided to separate. They are good friends even today. Imran’s only aim was to get the people of Pakistan rid off Bhuttos and Sharifs as there was no other option for the people. Being an outsider who did not have any political legacy, Imran was a gatecrasher in politics. He was the twelfth man who took politics in his country by storm." — Firstpost

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Harsha Bhogle on Imran Khan as Next Pakistan Prime Minister | Famous Indian cricket commenter Harsha Bhogle expresses amazement as former cricketer Imran Khan is inching closer to become the next Pakistan Prime Minister. "So finally, Imran Khan as Prime Minister? Have admired him enormously as a cricketer and as a cricket captain. Will be interesting to see how he leads a nation." he says. Meanwhile, Khan's party meeting, which was supposed to be held at 2pm, has now been postponed to 4:30 pm IST.

Aamir Liaquat has won from NA 245. Controversial figure and a staunch critic of the Ahmadis. Has been criticised by Amnesty and by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority time and again. PTI chairman has won his Mianwali seat with 49,842 votes. According to Reuters, the main viewing screen and computer appears at EC office in Islamabad have malfunctioned and haven’t been updating for at least the last 30 minutes. Sources say that an alliance with PML(N) or PPP would mean fighting our own ideology. There is no chance of that. "PTI is in a comfortable position. Along with a few from Grand Democratic Alliance and Independent candidates, we will form government," Sources in PTI said.

Counting Stopped in Constituencies where Tahreek-e-Labbaik Was Winning | Results in constituencies where Tahreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is winning have been stopped and polling agents are forced to leave the premises without giving them signed copies of Form 45. TLP founder chairman Khadim Hussain Rizvi and and Pir Mohammad Afzal Qadri have condemned the action of the poll officials, and said that this is a blantant violations of the rules. — Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan.

RECAP: Over 30 Killed in Pakistan's Quetta on Election Day | At least 34 people were killed, including 31 in a deadly suicide blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city and 36 others injured as several incidents of violence were reported as the country went to polls. In Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, a suicide blast targeting a police van killed at least 31 people, including five policemen and two minors outside the polling station, and nearly 30 other were injured in a blast near Quetta's Eastern Bypass, The Express Tribune reported.