section_path: Asia/Pakistan
section_name: Pakistan
paragraph_text: Pakistan
  
  Pakistan has independent politicians standing in elections. In the 2008 Pakistani general election, 30 independent members of parliament were elected to Pakistan's parliament. In 2011, four candidates won seats in the National Assembly. In the 2013 General Election, nine seats were won by independents. In 2024, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf backed independent candidates won 94 seats as the party was officially banned by the Election Commission of Pakistan.