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April 18, 2021 The by-election in Daska showed some interesting trends suggesting perhaps that the rules of the political game are changing Elections have been studied world over to understand the attitudes and concerns of citizens. However, psephology, or the study of elections, is yet to be taken seriously in Pakistan. The indifference towards the subject is tied to a general lack of attention that social sciences suffer in Pakistan. It is also a result of the underdevelopment of representative political institutions given the chequered history of democracy in Pakistan. In this piece we seek to use the Daska election as a case study to show that rules of the political game are changing in the Punjab. This change may be both welcome and perilous. ....
This combination photo shows PTI candidate Ali Asjad Malhi (L) and PML-N s Nosheen Iftikhar. – Twitter • Three PTI men held for carrying arms, six PML-N men arrested for creating unrest • Maryam says government has lost people’s trust GUJRAT: In the much-awaited re-election in the Daska (NA-75) constituency of the National Assembly after the February by-poll had been marred by violence, rigging and disappearance of over 20 presiding officers, the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Saturday emerged victorious by defeating the ruling party’s candidate with a margin of 16,642 votes. According to unofficial result of all 360 polling stations compiled by the returning officer, PML-N’s Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar won the contest by securing 110,075 votes against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Ali Asjad Malhi who bagged 93,433, while Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s Khalil Sandhu received 8,268 votes. ....
• Three PTI men held for carrying arms, six PML-N men arrested for creating unrest • Maryam says government has lost people’s trust GUJRAT: In the much-awaited re-election in the Daska (NA-75) constituency of the National Assembly after the February by-poll had been marred by violence, rigging and disappearance of over 20 presiding officers, the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Saturday emerged victorious by defeating the ruling party’s candidate with a margin of 16,642 votes. According to unofficial result of all 360 polling stations compiled by the returning officer, PML-N’s Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar won the contest by securing 110,075 votes against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Ali Asjad Malhi who bagged 93,433, while Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s Khalil Sandhu received 8,268 votes. ....
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The NA-75 seat fell vacant after the death of PML-N MNA Syed Iftikharul Hassan alias Zahry Shah in August 2020. AFP/File GUJRAT/LAHORE: In a rare re-election in an entire constituency (after the cancellation of the first ballot) in Punjab, people in NA-75 (Daska) will go to the polls on Saturday (today) in a charged atmosphere with expectations of a close fight between the candidates of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had withheld the results of the Feb 19 by-poll in NA-75 Daska due to violence, rigging and disappearance of over 20 presiding officers and ordered re-election in the entire constituency. The order was later upheld by the Supreme Court. ....