Monday, 17 October, 2022 I 20 Rabi ul Awwal, 1444 I Rs 40.00 I Vol XIII No 108 I 44 Pages I Islamabad Edition
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unOfficial results says ppp wins twO na seats, pml-n retains One pa seats ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI
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Saleem Jadoon
akistan tehreek-e-insaf (pti) chairman and former prime minister imran khan on sunday swept the by-elections in six of the eight national assembly constituencies to make a history band two seats were clinched by the ppp while pti secured victory in by-elections to two, of three seats of the punjab assembly, according unofficial and unconfirmed results. imran khan handed defeat to his rivals including mQm in na-239 karachi, anp in na-31 peshawar, Jui-f na-22 mardan, anp in na-24
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charsadda, pml-n in na 108 faisalabad, and pmln in na-118 nankana sahib-ii. the ppp, however, clinched na-157 multan-iv and na-237 malir karachi seats by defeating pti candidates – imran khan and meher Bano Qureshi, daughter of shah mahmood Qureshi. PTI CHIEF WINS ALL THREE NA SEATS IN KP: the pti chief won all the three na seats in khyber pakhtunkhwa. according to unofficial results, pti candidate imran khan won na-31 peshawar-v by securing 57,818 votes, while his opponent anp's candidate ghulam ahmad Bilour secured 32,252 votes. similarly, imran khan got 78,589 votes while anp provincial president aimal wali khan secured
Overall pOlling held in peaceful manner except fOr sOme spOradic unpleasant incidents 68,356 votes in na-24 charsadda. pti chief imran khan also succeeded in na-22 mardan where he secured 76,683 votes while Jui-f’s maulana muhammad Qasim got 68,181 votes. a total of 16 candidates were in run for by-elections in these constituencies including four each candidates were in run for na-22 mardan and na24 charsadda while eight candidates were contesting from na-31, peshawar-v respectively. according to a spokesman of the kp provincial election commission, 979 polling stations were established in all three na constituencies including 429 polling stations for men and 351 for women while 199 polling stations were for both men and women.
SETBACK FOR PTI IN NA-157: ppp candidate syed ali musa gillani won the by-election to na-157 (multan-iv) by defeating his rival candidate of pti mehar Bano with a huge lead of 25,186 votes. according to unofficial results, declared by the office of returning officer on sunday, the ppp's candidate syed ali musa gillani secured 107,327 votes, while pti candidate mehar Bano Qureshi secured 82,141 votes. the overall turnout was recorded 44.22 percent. the total registered votes of the constituency were 462,205, including 247,920 male and 214,285 female voters, out of which 204,404 were cast on sunday during the by-election.
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