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Live updates: NA-75 goes to the polls in closely watched by-election
Destrict monitoring officer warns PTI, PML-N candidates of strict action if any MP enters NA-75 constituency
10 April 2021 | 02:00 PM
PTI s Ejaz Chaudhry claims ECP acting as silent spectator
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PTI senator and president of the party’s Punjab chapter Ejaz Chaudhary claimed that the PML-N MNAs and MPAs are openly roaming in the NA-75 constituency with the ECP acting as a “silent spectator”.
The senator said it was disappointing that the ECP was not taking notice of the incident but remained confident that his party would win the by-poll.
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This photo shows a polling station in Daska on Saturday. DawnNewsTV
Polling is currently under way in the NA-75 Daska constituency with expectations of a close fight between the ruling PTI and the PML-N.
According to
Radio Pakistan, polling which started at 8am will continue till 5pm without any break.
The PML-N has awarded the ticket to Nosheen Iftikhar while Ali Asjad Malhi is the candidate for the PTI. A candidate of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Khalil Sandhu, is also in the run.
Rangers are on patrol duty, ensuring the transportation of election staff and material, while army troops have been stationed in Daska Stadium and will be available on call.
Picture collage of Asjad Malhi of the PTI and Nosheen Iftikhar of the PML-N. Photos: file
SIALKOT: The polling for the much-awaited by-elections has finally come to an end at the National Assembly constituency NA-75 Sialkot-IV, Daska, and the counting of results is underway.
The hotly-contested polls predominately focused on PTI s Ali Asjad Malhi and PML-N s Nosheen Iftikhar.
According to unofficial, preliminary results from some of the polling stations, PML-N s Nosheen Iftikhar is currently in the lead with 6,172 votes. On the other hand, Ali Asjad Malhi has so far secured 3,887 votes.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) made all necessary administrative and electoral preparations for holding peaceful, free, and transparent elections.
NA-75 Daska by-election unofficial results: PML-N triumphs over PTI
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Sunday Apr 11, 2021
A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the NA-75 Sialkot-IV Daska by-election, on April 10, 2021. APP photo by Muhammad Munir Butt
Unofficial results from all 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency indicate that PML-N s Nosheen Iftikhar has defeated PTI s Ali Asjad Malhi.
Iftikhar, according to the preliminary results, secured 110,075 votes, whereas Malhi obtained 93,433 votes.
The PML-N could not wait and began celebrating even before the results were announced on television, after midnight. Party workers broke into dance to the beats of drums and distributed sweets.