By-elections: PML-N leads with majority of NA, PA seats

ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim-N (PML-N) has so far appeared to have maintained its position while Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has gained and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on the other hand lost public mandate in the largest by-elections of the country, according to unofficial results.

Unofficial results have started to pour in following Thursday’s by-polls on 41 national and provincial assembly slots.

The ruling PML-N has clinched 5 NA seats, PPP 3, PTI 2, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awami Party (PKMAP) have secured one NA seat each.

ANP’s Ghulam Ahmed Bilour and PTI’s Asad Umer have won NA seats from Peshawar and Islamabad respectively.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has called for re-polling on 18 stations of NA-5 (Nowshera) and NA-27 (Lakki Marwat) following directives by Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court to halt results on these constituencies after women were not allowed to vote.

PML-N is also leading with 14 provincial assembly seats – 11 in Punjab Assembly and 2 in Balochistan Assembly. PPP has so far bagged 3 provincial assembly slots – 2 in Punjab Assembly and 1 in Sindh Assembly. PTI has secured 2 Punjab Assembly seats and MQM 2 slots in Sindh Assembly while ANP has won 1 seat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

By and large, the by-elections were conducted in a peaceful and smooth manner. At the eleventh hour, polling was postponed in Tank, due to security reasons.

Highlights

The PTI lost on both seats vacated by Imran Khan after the May 11 general elections.

In NA-1 Peshawar the PTI candidate Gul Badshah lost to Ghulam Ahmad Bilour of the Awami National Party, while in NA-71 Mianwali, the PTI’s Malik Wahid lost to the PML-N’s Obaidullah Shadikhel.

ANP supporters celebrated Bilour's victory with fireworks and traditional aerial shooting.

However, in a keenly contested fight in NA-48 Islamabad, the PTI candidate Asad Umar defeated PML-N’s Ashraf Gujjar.In another important contest in PP-247 Rajanpur, the PML-N lost the seat vacated by Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to the PTI.

In Sindh, the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) won the vacated seats.

The ruling PML-N secured five, PPP three, PTI two, while the MQM, PkMAP and ANP bagged one seat each in the National Assembly, according to unofficial results, with the turn-out remaining low compared to the May 11 polls.

As per the unofficial results, the PPP’s Shazia Marri, who made her way to the NA on a reserved seat after the general elections, defeated PML-F’s Khuda Bakhsh Dars in NA-235 (Sanghar/Umerkot).

In NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II, Jamshed Khan Dasti's brother Muhammad Javed Khan Dasti (60,115 votes) lost to Ghullam Noor Rabbani Khar (PPP) (69,246 votes) by 9,000 votes. Jamshed Dasti pinned the defeat on a rift within his group.

"At least 20,000 of sure votes went to Iqbal Patafi, a former group member, which led to my brother's defeat", said he talking to the media.

The unofficial results of By-elections 2013

NA-1 Peshawar-I: Winner: Ghulam Ahem Bilour (ANP), Runner-up: Gul Badashah (PTI)

NA-5 Nowshera-I: Result pending as ECP orders re-polling on nine polling stations

NA-13 Swabi-II: Winner: Aqibullah Khan (PTI), Runner-up: Mulana Atta-ul-Haq (JUI-F)

NA-27 Lakki Marwat: Result pending as ECP orders re-polling on nine polling stations

NA-48 Islamabad-I: Winner: Asad Umer (PTI), Runner-up: Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf (PML-N)

NA-68 Sargodha-V: Winner: Muhammad Shafqat Hayat Khan (PML-N), Runner-up: Javed Hasnain Shah (Independent)

NA-71 Mianwali-I: Winner: Obaidullah Shadikhel (PML-N), Runner-up: Malik Waheed Khan (PTI)

NA-83 Faisalabad-IX: Winner: Mian Abdulmanan (PML-N), Runner-up: Faizullah Kamoka (PTI)

NA-103 Hafizabad-II: Winner: Shahid Hussain Bhatti (PML-N), Runner-up: Shaukat Ali Bhatti (PTI)

NA-129 Lahore-XII: Winner: Shazia Mubashir (PML-N), Runner-up: Muhammad Mansha Sindhu (PTI)

NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II: Winner: Ghullam Noor Rabbani Khar (PPP), Runner-up: Muhammad Javed Khan Dasti ((Independent)

NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III: Winner: Hamad Nawaz Khan (PML-N), Runner-up: Abdul Hai Dasti (PTI)

NA-235 Sanghar-II: Winner: Shazia Marri (PPP), Runner-up: Khudabaksh Dars (PML-N)

NA-237 Thatta: Winner: Shamsunnisa Memon (PPP), Runner-up: Syed Riaz Shah (PML-N)

NA-254 Karachi-XVI: Winner: Ali Rashid (MQM), Runner-up: Muhammad Naeem (PTI)

NA-262 Killa Abdullah: Winner: Abdul Kahar (PKMAP), Runner-up: Qari Muhammad Sher Ali (JUI-F)

Punjab Assembly

PP-6 (Rawalpindi-VI): Winner: Chaudhary Sarfraz Afzal (PML-N), Runner-up: Wasiq Qayum Abbassi (PTI)

PP-51 (Faisalabad-I): Winner: Azad Ali (PML-N), Runner-up: Muhammad Ajmal Cheema (PTI)

PP-118 MB Din-III: Winner: Akhtar Abbas Bosal (PML-N), Runner-up: Liaqat Ali Ranjha (PTI)

PP-123 Sialkot-III: Winner: Khawaja Muhammad Mansha (PML-N), Runner-up: Muhammad Dawood Khan (PTI)

PP-142 (Lahore-VI): Winner: Khawaja Salman Rafiq (PML-N), Runner-up: Waqar Ahmed (PTI)

PP-150 Lahore-XIV: Winner: Mian Marghoob Ahmed (PML-N), Runner-up: Mehr Wajid Azeem (PTI)

PP-161 Lahore-XXV: Winner: Ch.Gulzar Ahmed Gujjar (PML-N), Runner-up: Ch.Khalid Mehmood Gujjar (PTI)

PP-193 (Oakara-IX): Winner: Khurram Jehngir Wattoo (PPP), Runner-up: Noor-ul Amin Watoo (PML-N)

PP-210 Lodhran-IV: Winner: M.Zubair Khan (PML-N), Runner-up: Syed Khursheed Khan (PTI)

PP-217 Khanewal-VI: Winner: Rana Babar (PML-N), Runner-up: Maqsood Alam (PTI)

PP-243 DG Khan-IV: Winner: Ali Khan (PTI), Runner-up: Sardar Ashsamuddin (PML-N)

PP-247 Rajanpur-I: Winner: Ali Raza Daraishak (PTI), Runner-up: Abdul Qadir Khan (PML-N). This seat was vacated by Mian Shahbaz Shairf.

PP-254 Muzaffargarh-IV: Winner: Hamid Nawaz (PML-N), Runner-up: Irshad Ahmed Khan (PPP)

PP-289 Rahim Yar Khan -V: Winner: Raees Mahmood (PML-N), Runner-up: Mian Muhammad Aslam Advocate

PP-292 Rahim Yar Khan-VIII: Winner: Makhdoom Syed Ali Akbar (PPP), Runner-up: Maulvi Tariq Chohan (PML-N)

Sindh Assembly

PS-12 Shikarpur-II: Winner: Abid Hussain (PPP), Runner-up: Amir Ali Jatoi (Independent)

PS-64 Mirpurkhas-I: Winner: Dr. Zafar Kamali (MQM), Runner-up: Abdul Syed Qureshi (PPP)

PS-95 Karachi-VII: Winner: Muhammad Hussain Khan (MQM), Runner-up: Muhammad Jameel Zia (PPP)

PS-103 Karachi-XV: Winner: Muhammad Abdul Raud Siddiqui (MQM), Runner-up: Sultan Ahmed (PTI)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly

PK-23 Mardan-I: Winner: Ahmed Khan (ANP), Runner-up: Syed Umer Farooq (PTI)

PK-27 Mardan-V: Jamshed Khan (Independent), Runner-up: Fazl Rabbani Advocate (JI)

PK-42 Hangu-I: Winner: Shah Faisal Khan (Independent), Runner-up: Syed Hasni (Independent)

PK-70 Bannu-I: Winner: Azam Khan Durrani (JUI-F), Runner-up: Malik Adnan Khan (PTI)

Balochistan Assembly

PB-29 Nasirabad-II: Winner: Muhammad Khan Lehri (PML-N), Runner-up: Muhammad Amin Umrani (Independent).

PB-32 Kachhi-III: Winner: Nawabzad Tariq Magsi (Independent), Runner-up: Ghani Baksh Lashari (PML-N)

PB-44 Lasbela-I: Winner: Prince Ahmed Ali (PML-N), Runner-up: Nasrullah Draishak (PPP)

ECP orders re-election on 18 polling stations of NA-5, NA-27

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has ordered re-polling on 18 polling stations of NA-5 (Nowshera) and NA-27 (Lakki-Marwat).

Re-polling will be held on nine women’s polling stations each in these two constituencies. During polling, reports were received that women faced difficulties in casting their vote and at some polling stations were barred from doing so.

Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC), Dost Muhammad Khan had directed to halt the results of these constituencies and directed concerned officials to arrest members of the Jirga which had stopped women from casting their vote.

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By-Elections 2013: Unofficial, partial results

Voting has concluded on 15 National and 26 provincial assembly seats and these are unofficial, partial results.

National Assembly

NA-1 (Peshawar): Ghullam Ahmed Bilour (ANP) 37,710. Gul Badshah (PTI)25,930.

NA-5 (Nowshera): ECP orders re-polling on nine polling stations

NA-13 (Swabi-II): Aqibullah Khan (PTI) 35,749. Mulana Atta-ul-Haq (JUI-F) 26,996

NA-27 (Lakki Marwat): ECP orders re-polling on nine polling stations

NA-48 (Islamabad-I): Asad Umer (PTI) 48,033. Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf (PML-N) 41,186.

NA-68 (Sargodha): Muhammad Shafqat Hayat Khan (PML-N) 67,785. Javed Hasnain Shah (Independent) 41,273.

NA-71 (Mianwali-I): Obaidullah Shadikhel (PML-N) 95,091. Malik Waheed Khan (PTI) 77,973.

NA-83 (Faisalabad-IX): Mian Abdulmanan (PML-N) 47,540. Faizullah Kamoka (PTI) 36,000.

NA-103 (Hafizabad-II): Shahid Hussain Bhatti (PML-N) 54,140. Shaukat Ali Bhatti (PTI) 45,237.

NA-129 (Lahore-XII): Shazia Mubashir (PML-N) 44,894. Muhammad Mansha Sindhu (PTI) 26,071.

NA-177 (Muzaffargarh-II): Ghullam Noor Rabbani Khar (PPP) 53,049. Muhammad Javed Khan (Independent) 49,547.

NA-235 (Sanghar-II): Shazia Marri (PPP) 68,459. Khudabaksh Dars (PML-F) 55,767.

NA-237 (Thatta): Shamsunnisa Memon (PPP)78,778. Syed Riaz Shah (PML-N) 48,513

NA-254 (Karachi-XVI): Ali Rashid (MQM) 15,551. Muhammad Naeem (PTI) 2,057.

NA-262 (Qila Abdullah): Abdul Kahar (PKMAP) 35,542. Qari Muhammad Sher Ali (JUI-F) 19,574.

Punjab Assembly

PP-6 (Rawalpindi-VI): Awaited

PP-51 (Faisalabad-I): Azad Ali (PML-N) 36,628. Muhammad Ajmal Cheema (PTI) 19,875.

PP-118 (MB Din-III): Akhta Abbas Bosal (PML-N) 31,305. Liaqat Ali Ranjha (PTI) 17,292

PP-123 (Sialkot-III): Khawaja Muhammad Mansha (PML-N) 21,869. Muhammad Dawood Khan (PTI) 6,979

PP-142 (Lahore-VI): Khawaja Salman Rafiq (PML-N) 14,513. Waqar Ahmed (PTI) 3,683.

PP-150 (Lahore-XIV): Mian Marghoob Ahmed (PML-N) 18,872.
Mehr Wajid Azeem (PTI) 18,494.

PP-161 (Lahore-XXV): Awaited

PP-193 (Oakara-IX): Khurram Jehngir Wattoo (PPP)41,426. Noor-ul Amin Watoo (PML-N) 25,459

PP-210 (Lodhran-IV): M.Zubair Khan (PML-N) 36,778. Syed Khursheed Khan (PTI) 12,206

PP-217 (Khanewal-VI): Rana Babar (PML-N) 49,469. Maqsood Alam (PTI) 22,832

PP-243 (DG Khan-IV): Ali Khan (PTI) 22,493. Sardar Ashsamuddin (PML-N) 18,635

PP-247 (Rajanpur-I): Ali Raza (PTI) 45,594. Abdul Qadir Khan (PML-N) 34,597.

PP-254 (Muzaffargarh-IV): Hamid Nawaz (PML-N) 7,482. Irshad Ahmed Khan (PPP) 6,517.

PP-289 (RY Khan-V): Raees Mahmood (PML-N) 28,611. Mian Muhammad Aslam Advocate (PPP) 23,270.

PP-292 (RY Khan-VIII): Makhdoom Syed Ali Akbar (PPP) 42,207. Maulvi Tariq Chohan (PML-N) 30,964.

Sindh Assembly

PS-12 (Shikarpur-II): Abid Hussain (PPP) 13,187. Amir Ali Jatoi (Independent)

PS-64 (Mirpurkhas-I): Dr. Zafar Kamali (MQM) 30,150. Abdul Syed Qureshi (PPP) 22,305.

PS-95 (Karachi-VII): Muhammad Hussain Khan (MQM)43,274. Muhammad Jameel Zia (PPP) 1,256.

PS-103 (Karachi-XV): Muhammad Abdul Raud Siddiqui (MQM) 24,938. Sultan Ahmed (PTI) 2,684.

KP Assembly

PK-23 (Mardan-I): Ahmed Khan (ANP) 13,077. Syed Umer Farooq (PTI) 12,005

PK-27(Mardan-V): Jamshed Khan (Independent) 36,886. Fazl Rabbani Advocate (JI) 9,891.

PK-42 (Hangu-I): Shah Faisal Khan (Independent) 34,932. Syed Hasni (Independent) 12,909.

PK-70 (Bannu-I): Azam Khan Durrani (JUI-F) 23,501. Malik Adnan Khan (PTI) 19,531

Balochistan Assembly

PB-29 (Nasirabad-II): Muhammad Khan Lehri (PML-N) 24,372. Muhammad Amin Umrani (Independent) 12,662.

PB-32 (Kachhi-III): Nawabzad Tariq Magsi (Independent) 21,280. Ghani Baksh Lashari (PML-N) 4,228

PB-44 (Lasbela-I): Awaited       (GNN)

Polling for 4 seats in Bannu, Khuzdar, S. Waziristan underway

BANNU: Polling at 13 polling stations for four seats of national and provincial assemblies in Bannu, Khuzdar and South Waziristan underway to continue until 5.00 P. M. on Tuesday. On May 11 general elections, voting on three polling stations of Bannu PK-71 and on four polling stations of Bannu PK-72 was deferred due to some irregularities and re-polling is being held today on the directive of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

PK-71 total number of polling stations in the constituency counts at 60 and Pk-72 at 68.

Re-polling is underway on two polling stations of Khuzdar NA-269, as due to the absences of polling staff on these stations on May 11 voting had not taken place.

Number of registered voters on both the polling stations of NA-269 tally at 1200.

While in South Waziristan, re-polling on four polling stations of the constituency NA-41 is also underway.

Re-polling is being held on these four polling stations on complaints of alleged irregularities.

Pakistan Army and Khasadar Force are performing the security duties on this occasion, sources said. (Geo) (GNN)

Re-polling underway at 43 stations of NA-250

KARACHI: Re-polling at the 43 polling stations in Karachi NA-250 constituency is underway amid tight security.

About 86,000 people would cast their ballots in the re-polling. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen have announced boycott of the re-polling after the ECP rejected their demands to hold re-election in the entire constituency.

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) spokesman has said that polling was continuing unabated, adding that commission’s officials were supervising the balloting.

The ECP said staff and election material had been sent for the partial re-election while army and the Rangers personnel have been deployed for security.

Polling would continue till 5:00 pm without any break. Re-polling would also be held for PS-112 and 113 constituencies of the Sindh Assembly. (Geo) (GNN)

8 hurt in blasts near election offices in Balochistan

QUETTA: Eight people were injured in two separate blasts near election offices of two political parties in Kharan and Machh in Balochistan.

Police said five people were hurt in the explosion near Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) election office in Kharan.

The injured were rushed to hospital for treatment.

In a separate incident, three people sustained injuries in the blast near office of a political party in Machh. (Geo)

JI will defeat extortionists on May 11: Munawar Hasan

KARACHI: Amir Jamat e Islami (JI) Syed Munawar Hasan Sunday said the city of lights Karachi has been plunged into darkness and that a conspiracy is at work to further deteriorate the law and order of the metropolis.

We will inflict a defeat on extortionists on May 11 (the day of upcoming general elections) Munawar Hasan vowed while addressing a big electoral rally under the title ‘Peaceful and Prosperous Pakistan’ staged here by the Mazar e Quaid.

He regretted the culture of gunny sacked bodies has confined Karachiites to their homes.

The JI Amir said the people who call themselves ‘liberals’ are actually the proponents of America. Pakistan was founded in the name of Islam. Pakistan was not made for liberals, he maintained.

He said the people who migrated to Pakistan in the post-partition era did not render sacrifices for becoming ‘liberals’.

Munawar Hasan claimed that Karachi is not just ‘mini Pakistan’ but it is also ‘mini Islam’. Unrest in Karachi affects the entire country, he noted.

He exhorted the people to come out on May 11 to exercise their right of franchise.