MANSEHRA: The losing candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in PK-30 constituency, Mazhar Ali Qasim, has announced that it will challenge the results of the Tuesday by-election over ‘rigging’.

“I have tangible evidence of rigging in some polling stations and will produce them before the election tribunal to claim justice,” Mr Qasim told reporters in Balakot area on Thursday.

The PML-N nominee alleged that his rival and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate, Ahmad Hussain Shah, used the government’s machinery to influence voters by announcing development schemes.

“I don’t accept the election results and will challenge them before the Election Commission of Pakistan after consulting lawyers,” he said.

The unofficial by-election results showed that PTI’s Ahmad Hussain Shah won the contest by securing 46,483 votes against 39,945 votes obtained by PML-N nominee Mazhar Ali Qasim.

Alleges rigging in some polling stations

The PK-30 seat had fallen vacant following the disqualification of PML-N MPA Mian Ziaur Rehman by the Supreme Court in a fake degree case last year.

TWO KILLED: Two people, including a cleric, were killed when their car plunged into a deep ravine in Lower Kohistan on Thursday.

The accident occurred as the driver lost control of the car while negotiating a sharp turn on the way from Kamila to Pattan.

The residents shifted the injured, including prayer leader of Kamila Masjid Maulana Sanaullah and driver Mohammad Ahsan, to Pattan civil hospital, where the doctors pronounced them dead.

The local rushed to scene and shift injured Maulana Sanaullah the Imam of Kamila mosque and Mohammad Ahsan stated to be driver to civil hospital in Pattan where doctors pronounced both of them as dead.

Also in the day, Torghar police arrested a man on the charge of killing his wife.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2019