PML-N sweeps PoK assembly polls

Pakistan's ruling party PML-N has swept the PoK's legislative assembly elections, bagging 30 of 41 directly elected seats, with a two-thirds majority to form the new government.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) emerged victorious in the assembly elections held yesterday in which a total of 26 political parties and 423 candidates took part.