ISLAMABAD - The much awaited by-polls in National Assembly’s constituency NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II finally went in favour of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) candidate Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari who had outclassed his two powerful rivals with a wide margin, according to unofficial reports.
Till late night on Tuesday, the vote counting in the 226 polling stations of the total 260 stations indicated that the PML-Q contestant had grabbed 62355 votes followed by Hafiz Abdul Karim of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) with 41589 votes and Sardar Shabbir Leghari from Pakistan People’s party who got 17254. The unconfirmed results from the remaining 34 polling stations also indicated that Awais Leghari was leading the tables with over20755 votes.
The results of NA-172 DG Khan by-polls suggest that this is the third time a govt candidate has met defeat at the hands of Opposition party candidates. A few days back, the JUI-F candidate Ghulam Qadir Bhittani had defeated Dawar Khan Kundi, the joint contestant of PPP and ANP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s by-polls held in PK-69 Tank. Earlier in January, the joint candidate of both these parties Diyar Khan met the same fate after being defeated by Muhammad Rashid of PML-Q in KP Assembly’s by-polls held in PK-87 Shangla. Despite that the Federal and Punjab governments used their all out influence to grab the NA-172 seat that fell vacant after the death of Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari, father of Awais Legahri, it was reportedly due to the effective measures adopted by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that the by-polls were generally held transparently.
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