PML-N wins NA-56 seat from Rawalpindi

PML-N’s Muhammad Hanif Abbasi has won the NA-56 seat from Rawalpindi V with 96,649 votes, according to provisional results released by the ECP.

PTI-backed Shahriyar Riaz is second in the race with 82,613 votes.

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