MARDAN - The Awami National Party (ANP) Central Senior Vice President, Ameer Haider Hoti, conceded defeat in the Mardan district elections on Friday. Independent candidate Faisal Khan Tarrskai, supported by PTI, secured victory in PK-52 with 42,269 votes, defeating ANP’s Tausif Ijaz with 23,317 votes. In NA-26, independent candidate and former PTI MNA Sajid Khan secured a substantial lead. Independent candidate and former MNA Malik Bilal Rehman stood third with 11542 votes in the same constituency. Similarly, in PK-71, Sohail Afridi, another independent candidate, secured 31,649 votes, surpassing Bilawal Afridi of PML-N who received 7,401 votes.
