ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday rejected petitions of three PTI-backed candidates against results of three National Assembly seats of Karachi.
The ECP directed the petitioners to challenge results of three constituencies NA-237, NA-239 and NA-241 Karachi in election tribunal. People’s Party’s Asad Alam Niazi, Nabil Gabol and Mirza Ikhtiar Baig had won three Karachi seats.
The election commission rejected the petitions of PTI-backed Independent candidates, including Zahoor Uddin from NA-237, Mohammad Yasir from NA-239 Lyari and Khurram Sher Zaman from NA-241. According to election result, Asad Alam Niazi of PPP-P bagged 40,836 votes, while PTI’s Zahoor Uddin remained runner-up.
The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) candidate Nabil Gabol won the Lyari seat of the National Assembly constituency (NA-239) by securing 40,077 votes with a lead of 2,843 votes against the PTI-backed independent candidate Mohammad Yasir, who remained runner-up with 37,234 votes.
Similarly, PTI-backed independent candidate Khurram Sher Zaman lost NA-241 election to PPP’s Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, who got 52,456 votes and emerged victorious with a lead of 3,846 votes against Khurram Sher Zaman, who managed to secure second position with 48,610 votes.
