PML-N clinches much-hyped Daska by-poll with huge margin
Maryam Nawaz celebrates election victory on Twitter saying people of Daska won war of ‘restoring the sanctity of vote’
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ISLAMABAD:
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was dealt a major blow after opposition Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) emerged victorious in the much-hyped NA-75 Daska by-election with a huge margin of over 19,000 votes on Saturday.
As per the unconfirmed and unofficial results of all 360 polling stations, PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar bagged 111,220 votes against PTI’s Ali Asjad Malhi, who managed to secure 92,019 votes.
Polling began at 8am and continued uninterrupted till 5pm in the constituency. After 5pm, only those voters who were inside the polling stations were allowed to cast their votes.
All set for Daska re-vote today
CEC to supervise polling process
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ISLAMABAD:
The ruling party and opposition will again lock horns in re-election in the hotly-contested NA-75, Daska constituency, on Saturday (today) to get their man to win the coveted slot, prompting the ECP chief to supervise the polling process in Lahore.
According to sources, Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja will be in the provincial election commission office in Lahore today as he would be “personally supervising” the re-polling process.
Moreover, in order to ensure a fair re-election in NA-75, the provincial election commission has assigned Pakistan Rangers the task of safe transportation of presiding officers and the polling material to and back from the polling stations to the office of the returning officer.
NA 75 Daska: PPP assures support to PML-N in hotly-contested constituency
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Friday Apr 09, 2021
PPP leader, Qamar Zaman Kaira, addresses media persons during a press conference at the Rawalpindi Press Club on Thursday, March 18, 2021. PPI/File
PPP vows to uphold the promise of supporting PML-N.
Says will support PML-N despite differences in PDM.
The polling in NA 75 by-election will take place tomorrow.
Just a day before the hotly-contested NA-75 Daska by-election, PPP on Friday assured its support for PML-N s candidate Nosheen Iftikhar, as the Opposition eyes to upset the government.
PPP Central Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira has said his party would live up to its promise of supporting the candidate in the by-polls, just as it backed them in February.
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