GB by-poll result ‘held’ amid rigging claims

Jamil Nagri Published September 12, 2023

GILGIT: The chief election commissioner has restrained the district returning officer from announcing the result of a by-election to the GB Assembly over allegations of rigging.

The by-election for GBA-13 Astore-I constituency was held on Saturday. The seat had fallen vacant after a three-member bench of GB Chief Court disqualified former chief minister Khalid Khurshid Khan in a fake degree case.

According to the provisional result issued by RO Muhammad Zakir on Monday, PTI’s Mohammad Khurshid Khan bagged 6,164 votes, followed by PML-N’s Farman Ali with 4,899 votes and PPP’s Abdul Hameed Khan with 4,125 votes. Mr Khurshid is the father of former chief minister Khalid Khurshid.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2023

Pakistan

Jamil Nagri is a Gilgit-Baltistan-based correspondent for Dawn with over a decade of experience in journalism. His reporting and feature writing focus on CPEC, climate change, the environment, and adventure tourism. He can be found on X at @jamilnagri.

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