The demand for counting votes again has become a fashion, at least in the garrison city, after the victory of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf’s Sadeeq Khan from PP-7 and the defeat of Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.

Earlier, Nisar Ali Khan, former opposition leader in the national assembly from the Pakistan Muslim League-N, had won the seat by getting 48,109 votes against Sadeeq Khan’s 47,795, but after re-counting, the PML-N heavyweight had lost the seat with 774 votes.

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