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PPP’s Umerkot by-poll victory echoes in Sindh Assembly
PPP lawmakers set aside agenda, laud Ameer Ali Shah s victory
Sindh Assembly Session. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI:
Setting aside the agenda, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party lawmakers discussed the Umerkot by-election during the Sindh Assembly session on Monday.
The Umerkot elections, which PPP candidate Syed Ameer Ali Shah won by defeating former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who was contesting on Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) ticket, dominated the proceedings. The seat fell vacant after the death of Ali Mardan Shah.
The session started with Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani presiding. The newly-elected MPA took oath amid Jeay Bhutto slogans. He applauded the party leadership for nominating him to contest the by-polls from PS 52 Umerkot from where his father Ali Mardan Shah has been winning candidate for last three decades.
MPA kicks off parliamentary career by reciting Naat in House
Karachi
January 26, 2021
Syed Ameer Ali Shah, the newly elected legislator of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), took the oath of office as a member of the provincial assembly (MPA) on Monday and formally started his parliamentary career by reciting Naat in the House.
Shah had won the by-election for Umerkot’s PS-52 constituency on January 18, defeating former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who had contested on the ticket of the opposition Grand Democratic Alliance.
It was the first by-election in Pakistan since the start of the Covid-19 health emergency in the country. The seat had fallen vacant the previous year after the death of the PPP’s lawmaker and former provincial minister Ali Mardan Shah. Ameer Ali Shah is his son.
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January 23, 2021
UMERKOT: Former chief minister Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Friday alleged Prime Minister Imran Khan for the defeat in PS-52 Umerkot by-elections.
The by-poll on the PS-52 seat, which fell vacant after the demise of PPP MPA Syed Ali Mardan Shah, was held on January 18 which the PPP candidate Ameer Ali Shah won. While talking to people after a protest rally, former chief minister said that the prime minister himself said about contesting the elections and then never even listen. “How people will trust on you next time, he asked. “If the prime minister did not take interest, how he could expect people for the same, he asked.
GDA leader Arbab Rahim alleges Umerkot by-polls were rigged
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The by-polls were held on January 18. Photo: File
GDA s Arbab Ghulam Rahim says Umerkot by-polls were rigged and people were bribed on the election night
He lamented that his party holds no hope from the appeal in the election tribunal
The by-polls in the constituency were held on January 18
Former chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim alleged on Wednesday that the Umerkot by-polls were rigged and people were bribed on the election night.
Addressing a press conference at Malkani House in Umerkot, Rahim lamented that his party holds no hope from the appeal in the election tribunal. People are disappointed with the election process, he added.