India News: Millions of Pakistanis defied Taliban threats and braved deadly violence that claimed at least 24 lives to vote in their country's historic general election on Saturday.

Unofficial trends broadcast by television channels showed a clear early lead for Nawaz Sharif's PML (N) in the National Assembly, followed by Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Around midnight India time, Geo News was showing victories and leads at 115 seats for the PML (N), and at 38 for the PTI.