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Top Story April 30, 2021 KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz s (PMLN) Miftah was Thursday leading the race in NA-249 by-election with Ismail Pakistan People s Party s (PPP) Abdul Qadir Mandokhel trailing behind him, unofficial and unconfirmed results from 149 of a total of 276 polling stations show. According to Geo News, the PMLN got 8,681 votes while PPP bagged 7,586. The banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is third in the contest. Although a total of 30 candidates contested the by-polls, the major contestants were Miftah Ismail of PMLN, Abdul Qadir Mandokehl of PPP, Amjad Afridi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Nazeer Kamalvi of TLP, Mustafa Kamal of Pakistan Sarzameen Party, and Hafiz Mursaleen of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan. The seat fell vacant after the PTI leader and federal minister Faisal Vawda tendered his resignation. Voter turnout remained disappointingly low in most polling stations despite the hype created by major political parties over the p ....
Nominees representing major political parties of Pakistan had been involved in hectic electioneering in the run-up to Thursday’s by-poll for NA-249, one of Karachi’s most ethnically. ....
Pakistan April 30, 2021 KARACHI: The PPP has secured victory in the NA-249 by-election held on Thursday in the city s District West, with unofficial, provisional results showing a close contest between the PML-N and PPP in the final count. PPP s Abdul Qadir Mandokhel bagged 16,156 votes to win the seat, followed by PML-N s Miftah Ismail who secured 15,473, unofficial results from polling stations showed. While Nazir Ahmed of outlawed TLP trailed on the third position by receiving 11,125 votes. PSP s Mustafa Kamal could acquire only 9,227 votes, followed by PTI s Amjad Afridi with 8,922 votes and MQM-P s Muhammed Mursaleen with 7,511 votes. Both parties had claimed victory for their candidates mid-way into counting, capturing the attention of audiences awaiting results. ....
Top Story April 30, 2021 KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz s (PMLN) Miftah was Thursday leading the race in NA-249 by-election with Ismail Pakistan People s Party s (PPP) Abdul Qadir Mandokhel trailing behind him, unofficial and unconfirmed results from 149 of a total of 276 polling stations show. According to Geo News, the PMLN got 8,681 votes while PPP bagged 7,586. The banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is third in the contest. Although a total of 30 candidates contested the by-polls, the major contestants were Miftah Ismail of PMLN, Abdul Qadir Mandokehl of PPP, Amjad Afridi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Nazeer Kamalvi of TLP, Mustafa Kamal of Pakistan Sarzameen Party, and Hafiz Mursaleen of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan. The seat fell vacant after the PTI leader and federal minister Faisal Vawda tendered his resignation. Voter turnout remained disappointingly low in most polling stations despite the hype created by major political parties over the p ....
Karachi April 29, 2021 Karachi is all set to host the much-awaited by-election for the NA-249 (West-II) constituency, which encompasses Baldia Town, on Thursday (today). Candidates representing Pakistan’s major political parties are expected to give one another a good run for their money in what essentially seems to be nothing less than a showdown. The crucial National Assembly seat had fallen vacant after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Faisal Vawda resigned following the casting of his vote in the Senate elections in March. 2018 elections The 2018 general elections had seen a close contest in NA-249, with Vawda securing 35,344 votes to defeat the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate and former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, who had polled 34,626 votes. ....