Nawaz Sharif, former Pakistani prime minister, has declared victory in Pakistan's landmark general elections, according to early poll results.
Sharif, who was the contest's front-runner, is the head of the Muslim League-N, which was leading in 114 constituencies out of 272, partial and initial results showed.
Sharif was Pakistan's prime minister from 1990 to 1993 before he was sacked for corruption, and again from 1997 to 1999, when he was overthrown by the country's military.
He also won the constituency seat from Sargodha, in Punjab province, where his party has a strong following.
Speaking from the balcony of the PMLN Secretariat in Lahore, Sharif said his party had garnered the most votes and was praying for an "outright majority,
