(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) PESHAWAR: The by-polls results in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa brought a major upset for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Nowshera, while it got boost in Kurram by winning the seat previously owned by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F).
By-elections on two National Assembly seats, in Daska (NA-75) and Kurram tribal district (NA-45), and two provincial constituencies, in Gujranwala (PP-51) and Nowshera (PK-63), were held on Friday.
In PK-63, Nowshera, which had fallen vacant after the death of PTI lawmaker Mian Jamsheduddin Kakakhel, PML-N candidate Ikhtiar Wali, who also enjoyed support of the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement, won the by-election by securing 21,112 votes against his rival candidate Mian Umer Kakakhel of the PTI, who got 17,023 votes. Umer Kakakhel is son of late Jamsheduddin Kakakhel. On the other hand, Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Mian Wajahat got 4,270 votes, while Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan candidate A
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The PML-N defeated Prime Minister Imran Khan’s PTI in PK-63 Nowshera and PP-51 Wazirabad by-elections, according to unofficial results. The PTI was, however, able to clinch victory in Nowshera s NA-45. Polling for four vacant national and provincial assembly seats in Sialkot, Gujranwala, Nowshera, and Kurram ended Friday evening. Here are the results: Wazirabad s PP-51 The PML-N has won the PP-51 Wazirabad by-election, according to unofficial and unverified results. PML-N’s Begum Talat Shaukat bagged 53,903 votes, while PTI’s Chaudhry Yousuf came in second with 48,484 votes. Wazirabad s PP-51 fell vacant after PML-N MPA Shaukat Manzoor Cheema passed away on Jun.
NOWSHERA: Awami National Party general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Saturday that terrorism and unrest were on the rise in the country.
Addressing the party’s Nowshera Tehsil Council meeting here, he alleged that the fake prime minister had increased the grief of the Hazara community families by not visiting them immediately after the slaughter of poor miners in Mach.
He said the ANP as a component of the PDM was struggling to send the “bogus” prime minister home and have fresh elections in the country.
He said the ANP had rendered matchless sacrifices in the war against terrorists, losing hundreds of workers.