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SIALKOT/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Two people were killed and two others injured on Friday as violence marred the crucial NA-75 by-election in Sialkot, which led the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to blame each other for the bloodshed.
State media confirmed the deaths and said the injured were critical after unidentified people opened fire near the polling station of Goind-kay in Daska, during the NA-75, Sialkot-IV by-election.
The seat of NA-75 Tehsil Daska was vacated after the death of PML-N’s lawmaker Syed Iftikhar-ud-Din in August 2020. Provincial Assembly seat PP-51 Wazirabad was vacated due to the death of PML-N MPA Chaudhry Shaukat Cheema in June 2020 due to coronavirus.
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LAHORE: The PML-N and PPP have awarded tickets to their respective candidates for two by-poll seats in Punjab, showing that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) member parties are finding it difficult to reach a consensus to contest next month’s by-elections jointly.
According to PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah, the party awarded tickets to Noshin Iftikhar and Talat Manzoor Cheema for NA-75 and PP-51, respectively. He said both Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif had approved these nominees.
The PPP has awarded tickets to Sumera Sahi and Ijaz Suma for NA-75 and PP-51.
Earlier, PML-N leaders, especially Maryam Nawaz and Ahsan Iqbal, had said that the PDM’s constituent parties would try to contest the by-polls jointly.