Imran Khan won six National Assembly seats for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a by-election on Sunday that was seen as a direct contest between the former ruling party and the current ruling coalition.
Out of the eight seats previously held by the PTI, Imran contested seven, while Meher Bano Qureshi was to defend the party’s bastion in Multan.
According to the unofficial results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Imran won the seats from Mardan, Charsadda and Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Faisalabad and Nankana Sahib in Punjab and the Korangi district of Karachi in Sindh.
However, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) made inroads, with Hakeem Baloch winning in Karachi and Ali Musa Gilani in Multan, reports The Express Tribune.
The PPP won in Multan, Punjab and the Malir district of Karachi. Besides, by-polls were also held on three seats of the Punjab Assembly previously held by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The election results gave both sides something to go ahead.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
