Thursday, March 11, 2010
 

PML-N wins NA-123, PP-82 seats

 

FP Staff Report
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N won Wednesday's by-elections in NA-123 Lahore and PP-82 Jhang while PML-Zia and Pakistan People's Party clinched PP-284 Bahawalnagar and PP-25 Jafarabad, according to unofficial results received so far from the majority of the polling stations.
Malik Pervez of PML-N has returned successful with sizeable margin in NA-123 Lahore while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's candidate Hamid Khan Mairaj stood second.

Overall, complete calm was witnessed during the day, but some candidates leveled charges of riggings against their rival candidates.
In Bahawalnagar area of Fort Abbas, the polling had to be discontinued as a result of dispute between the polling agents of different candidates in polling station-295.
Jamaat Islami's Hafiz Salman Butt and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) candidate Shahbaz Sharif came face to face at Lahore's polling station-38, where the workers of both the parties raised slogans.
On this, police arrived on the spot to quench the slogans and confrontation. Police took Hamza in their cordon.
Government has announced public holiday on the occasion of by-polls in three constituencies including Bahawalnagar, Jhang and Jaffarabad.

 

   
   

  

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