Results are trickling in and the final tally won't be known until tomorrow, but if preliminary results hold up, the two largest secular parties in Pakistan will have won big victories while the Islamist and conservative parties have gone down to humiliating defeats:Final results are not expected until tomorrow, but preliminary figures suggest that the PPP will win the most seats followed by the Pakistan Muslim League (N) led by Nawaz Sharif, another former Prime Minister. The PML (Q), which split from Mr Sharif’s party and supports President Musharraf, was lagging in third place with several of its leading figures — including the party’s leader — losing their seats. Tariq Azeem, a PML (Q) spokesman, said: “People have given their verdict. We respect it. We congratulate the PML (N) and PPP. As far as we are concerned, we will be willing to sit on opposition benches if final results prove that we have lost.” The makeup of a coalition government will...(Read Full Post)