KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Mehmood Maulvi won by-election for National Assembly seat NA-245 Karachi’s constituency by defeating Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) contestant Moeed Anwar. Mehmood Maulvi secured 29,475 votes ccording to unofficial results. Citizens cast their vote to pick their representative for seat that was vacated after death of PTI’s Aamir Liaquat Hussain.

Polling began at 8am and continued till 5pm without any break and was held peacefully as no unpleasant incident occurred anywhere in constituency.

Five major candidates-MQM-P’s Mueed Anwar, PTI’s Mehmood Maulvi, Pak Sarzameen Party’s Syed Hafeezud Din and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) Muhammad Ahmed Raza and MQM Bahali Committee’s Farooq Sattar were in run.

A total of 263 polling stations were established for by-election. Of them, 60 polling stations have been declared sensitive and 203 most sensitive.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 22 2022

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