Imran Khan upsets ruling coalition, wins majority of seats in Pakistan by-elections
By India Today Web office Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan- led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf( PTI) successfully pulled off six out of a aggregate of eight National Assembly seats in by- pates on Sunday.
The PTI had queried seven National Assembly seats and swept six, including the Peshawar and Provincial Assembly seats of Mardan and Kahnewal.Still, Khan’s Party faced a defeat in a vital seat of Multan, where Mehr Bano Qureshi, Pakistan’s former foreign minister Shah Moshmodd Qureshi’s son, was defeated by Ali Musa Gilani, the country’s former premier Yusuf Raza Gilani.
Pakistan’s division Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz bagged only one Provincial assembly seat.The Election Commission of Pakistan data showed that a aggregate of 101 campaigners from different political parties and independents are taking part in the vote, including 52 in Punjab, 33 in Sindh, and 16 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Around4.472 million choosers are registered in these constituencies. In Punjab,,434 polling stations have been established, 979 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 340 in Sindh.While theex-leader will have to abdicate from all but one of the seats he won– and choices will have to be again– the palm suggests choosers in the nation of further than 220 million people support his political narrative.
The former justice star, who was ousted from power through a no- confidence vote in April, has been holding rallies across Pakistan that are attracting large crowds to seek early choices, Bloomberg reported.
Imran Khan was ousted from high clerical office after a no- confidence stir against his government was passed in April. Khan regularly attacked the current Pakistani governance in his crusade for the by- pates.Khan had won 15 of 20 Punjab assembly seats in by- pates in July.
