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May 3, 2021
KARACHI: The Sindh Education and Labour Minister, Saeed Ghani, has asked the former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to identify a single polling station of NA-249 where rigging took place in the April 29 by-election in Karachi.
Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday, Saeed Ghani said not a single contesting political party had complained about rigging from the start of polling till the counting of votes on the day of by-poll.
He said the PML-N leaders â Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Muhammad Zubair and Miftah Ismail â themselves had reached the office of returning officer by 10 pm on the day of the election.
Ghani rejects NA-249 rigging allegations
Minister says PPP strategised, engaged voters while PML-N was overconfident
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KARACHI:
Sindh Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani lashed out at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Sunday over allegations of rigging in the recently held NA-249 by-election.
Addressing a press conference at the Bilawal House, the PPP stalwart said that The PML-N lost the NA-249 by-election owing to its own mismanagement and overconfidence.
Taking an apparent jibe at the PML-N, Ghani said that those who are accusing the PPP of winning the by-poll through rigging should clarify whether they won the Daska and Wazirabad by-polls in Punjab and Nowshera by-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the help of selectors.
Karachi
May 2, 2021
Unlike the recent by-elections in Punjab that were dominated by political narratives, most of the voters of the NA-249 by-poll in Karachi held this past Thursday decided to focus on the resolution of civic issues, particularly the provision of water.
Keeping in view the severity of civic issues and particularly the scarcity of water in various neighbourhoods of the National Assembly constituency, the by-poll nominees of all the political parties made the water issue, which every resident has been facing for the past several decades, a prominent part of their electioneering.
But being Sindh’s ruling party that also oversees the municipality and district administration, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) took full advantage of the opportunity and succeeded in improving its ranking from the sixth position in the 2018 general election to winning the April 29 by-poll.
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May 1, 2021
LAHORE/KARACHI: A slanging match has started between the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) and Pakistan People’s Party after the latter won the NA-249, Karachi by-election.
The PMLN Friday rejected the election results and demanded that the Election Commission should withhold the results.
In her twitter messages, PMLN Central Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif said the election had become disputed, as it was stolen.
She said voter turnout was barely 15-18%, while the counting process continued even after eight and a half hours.
“Did fog spread in NA-249 or the staff arrived late?” she asked and demanded the Election Commission to stop the results of the controversial election.