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PTI plans long march, sit-in against ‘rigging’ after Eid
11 file papers for Nawabshah seat vacated by Zardari
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PML-N candidate Anwaarul Haq Chaudhry has won the NA-75 seat from Narowal with 99,625 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Tahir Ali Javaid with 75,626 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Aslam Ghumman has won the NA-74 seat from Sialkot with 130,504 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is PML-N’s Rana Shamim Ahmed Khan with 95,988 votes.
PML-N candidate Khawaja Asif has won the NA-71 seat from Sialkot with 118,566 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Rehana Imtiaz Dar with 100,272 votes.
PML-N’s Chaudhry Subhani has won the NA-70 seat from Sialkot with 123,437 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Hafiz Hamid Raza with 112,117 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Aneeq Mehdi has won the NA-67 from Hafizabad with 208,943 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is PML-N candidate Saira Afzal with 183,020 votes.
PML-N’s Nasir Iqbal Bosal has won the NA-69 seat from Mandi Bahauddin with 113285 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is independent candidate Kausar Parween PTI-backed with 108,768 votes.
Human rights activist and election hopeful Jibran Nasir says an eight-member group of lawyers has been formed to provide legal representation to all candidates from Karachi who “assert proof of winning but have been adversely affected by rigging or manipulation”.
“We are united in our commitment to upholding the integrity of the vote and ensuring that the rights of Karachi’s voters are protected, and their mandates respected in accordance with the laws and constitution of Pakistan,” he writes on X.
PTI-backed Sardar Latif Khosa has won the NA-122 seat from Lahore with 117,109 votes, as per ECP’s provisional results.
PML-N leader Saad Rafique is the runner-up with 77,907 votes.
PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif emerged victorious on the NA-130 seat from Lahore with 179,310 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
PTI-backed Yasmin Rashid is the runner-up with 104,485 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Haji Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhry has won the NA-68 seat from Mandi Bahauddin with 166,093 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is Mushahid Raza of the PML-N with 70,926 votes.
PML-Q candidate Hussain Elahi has clinched the NA-63 seat from Gujrat with 88,069 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Sajid Yousaf with 81,640 votes.
Two young PTI workers were killed while 12 others suffered injuries in a clash with police in Shangla’s Alpuri district.
A large number of PTI workers took to the streets in the district to protest against alleged rigging.
The deceased and wounded were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital Alpuri, Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Sajjad Khan told Dawn.com, adding that the injured sustained bullet wounds and were beaten with sticks and stones.
The two dead were identified as Muhammad Hassan, 16 and Mohsin Ali, 21. Hassan was the grandson of former provincial minister and newly elected MPA Abdul Munim from PK-29.

PML-N candidate Daniyal Chaudhry has won the NA-57 seat from Rawalpindi with 83,331 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Seemabia Tahir with 56,789 votes.
PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan has said that despite “political engineering” to keep his party out of the government, the PTI registered a “moral victory” amid allegations of tampering.
“We have won the election. They can try as much to take it from us through tampering, but we have established moral victory,” he said in a press conference.
He noted that post-election, PTI will exercise all legal options including going to the tribunal courts and superior courts.
“We are not taking this tampering lightly, we won’t accept it,” Hasan asserted. “We will fight it to the end.”
PML-N’s Chaudhry Naseer Ahmed has emerged victorious on the NA-65 seat from Gujrat with 90,982 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP.
PTI-backed candidate Syed Wajahat Shah is second in the lead with 82,411 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Ahmed Chattha has won the NA-66 seat from Wazirabad with 160,676 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is independent candidate Nisar Ahmed Cheema with 100,633 votes.
Independent candidate Aqeel Malik has won the NA-54 seat from Rawalpindi with 85,912 seats, according to the ECP’s provisional results.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Azra Masood with 73,694 votes.
PML-N’s Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf has won the NA-61 seat from Jhelum with a lead of 88,238 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a PTI-backed independent candidate Shaukat Iqbal Mirza with 84,215 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Mohammad Bashir Khan has won the NA-6 seat from Lower Dir with 81,060 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is JI candidate Siraj ul Haq with 56,538 votes.
PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat made a landslide victory on NA-41 seat in Lakki Marwat with 117,988 votes, according to ECP’s provisional results.
The second in the lead is JUI-F’s Asjad Mehmood with 68,303 votes.
PTI leader Asad Qaiser has said that his party is looking at various options regarding the formation of government and will come to a decision tomorrow.
“We are trying to form our government in the Federation, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” he said in an interview on Geo News.
“We had a meeting and are also trying to discuss with Imran Khan. Then we will go through our options” he added.
Qaiser stated: “We are also seriously thinking about our party’s intra-party election. We will also refer to the court over this. Let’s see which option suits us.”
When asked if independents can form a coalition government with the PPP, Qaiser said: “The most important thing is that all this is a drama. The way Bilawal made speeches (targeting Nawaz Sharif) and now they are having meetings.”
PPP’s Raja Parvez Ashraf has won the NA-52 seat from Rawalpindi with a huge lead of 112,265 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a PTI-backed independent candidate Azam Bhatti with 91,547 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Asad Qaiser has said that the public rejected PML-N and chose Imran Khan.
Talking to Geo News, he claimed the results were being changed in this “rigged election”, adding that the PTI came out on top despite the state machinery being used against them.
PPP’s Fatehullah Khan has won the NA-45 seat from Dera Ismail Khan with 56,933 seats, according to provisional results issued by the election commission.
JUI-P’s Ubaidur Rehman is the runner-up with 48,343 votes.
PPP candidate Jamal Khan Raisani has won the NA-265 seat from Quetta with 10,678 votes, ECP’s provisional results show.
Raisani beat BNP-P’s Akhtar Mengal, who managed to clinch 9,929 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Naseem Ali Shah has won the NA-39 seat from Bannu with 148,097 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is independent candidate Zahid Akram Durrani with 110,675 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Asad Qaiser has said that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif did not have any right to make a speech. The ex-premier had claimed that his party emerged as the single-largest in the elections.
However, Qaiser said PTI-backed candidates had the highest representation in the Centre.
Speaking on Geo News, the former National Assembly speaker said PTI was the largest party as per results released by the ECP.
MQM-P’s Farman Chishti has won the NA-250 seat from Karachi with 79,925 votes, according to the ECP’s provisional results.
Independent candidate Johar Abid is the runner-up with 5,906 votes.
According to provisional results from the election commission, PTI-backed candidate Sher Ali Arbab clinched victory in the NA-31 seat from Peshawar with 82,895 votes.
Independent candidate Arbab Alamgir of PPP secured the runner-up position with 22,543 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Muhammad Iqbal has won the NA-27 seat from Khyber with 85,514 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a PML-N candidate with 18,834 votes.
MQM-P leader Khawaja Izhar has emerged victorious on the NA-247 seat from Karachi Central with 64,945 votes, according to the ECP’s provisional results.
The runner-up is PTI-backed candidate Syed Abbas Hussain with 52,005 votes.
MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar has won the NA-244 seat from Karachi West with 20,048 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
In the second position is PTI-backed candidate Aftab Jahangir with 14,073 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Mujahid Ali has won the NA-21 seat from Mardan with 118,049 votes, according to provisional results released by the election commission.
The runner-up is a JUI-P’s Azam Khan with 51,797 votes.
PPP leader Abdul Qadir Patel has won the NA-243 seat from Karachi’s Keamari with 60,266 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the ECP.
The first and second runner-ups are independent candidate Shujaat Ali and JI’s Shiraz Khan Jadoon.
PPP’s Malik Asad Sikandar has clinched the NA-226 seat from Jamshoro with 165,044 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is GDA’s Syed Munir Haider with 30,876 votes.
PPP’s Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Sheerani has clinched the NA-224 seat from Sajawal with 134,006 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
The runner-up is JUI’s Maulvi Mohammad Saleh with 15,314 votes.
PPP leader Nabil Gabol has won the NA-239 seat from Karachi South I with 40,077 votes, according to provisional results announced by the ECP.
PTI-backed candidate Yasir Baloch is the runner-up with 37,234 votes.
PTI-backed candidate Abdul Latif has won the NA-1 seat from Chitral with 61,834 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.
Independent candidate Muhammad Talha Mehmood of the Jamiat Ulema Pakistan is second in the lead with 42,987 votes.