INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tehreek-e-Insaf Pakistan Muslim League is fighting a fierce battle against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's PML-N (the ruling party)
2.16 per cent, higher at 41,339.
Voting began at 8 am local time at more than 85,000 polling stations
Counting of votes will be done on the spot soon after the conclusion of the polling process at 6 PM and results are likely within 24 hours,
Some 3,459 candidates are contesting for 272 general seats in the National Assembly, while 8,396 candidates are running for 577 general
seats in the four provincial assemblies.
Pakistan's National Assembly comprises 342 members, of which 272 will be elected directly today
among parties with more than five per cent of votes.
