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GB by-poll result ‘held’ amid rigging claims

Jamil Nagri Published September 12, 2023
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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

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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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