GUJRANWALA: PML-N won all the six national and 14 Punjab Assembly seats from Gujranwala. In NA-79, Dr Nisar Cheema of PML-N got 142545 votes and defeated Muhammad Ahmed Chatha of PTI who got 118709 votes.

In NA-80, former law minister Mahmood Bashir Virk with 108653 votes defeated Tariq Mahmood of PTI who bagged 71937 votes.

In NA-81, former foreign and defense minister Khuram Dastagir Khan got 130837 votes against Ch.Muhammad Sidique’s 88166.

In NA-82, former minister for defense production Usman Ibrahim got 117520 votes and defeated Ali Ashraf Mughal of PTI who got 67400 votes.

In NA-83, Ch.Zulfiqar Bhinder of PML-N got 139235 votes against former state minister Rana Nazir Ahmed Khan of PTI who managed 75940 votes.

In NA-84, former MNA Azhar Qayyum Nara won with 119612 votes against PTI’s Ch Bilal Ejaz 89728 votes.

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2018

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