KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) defeated the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in a by-poll for a National Assembly seat in Tharparkar, unofficial results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday showed. NA-221 (Tharparkar-I) had fallen vacant after the death of PPP MP Noor Mohammad Shah due to Covid-19 in December. Ameer Ali Shah Jeelani of the PPP received 102,232 votes against PTI’s Nizamuddin Rahimoon who secured 52,522 votes, District Returning Officer (DRO) Mian Mohammad Shahid. Tharparkar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hassan Sardar Niazi said the “accidental” fire had erupted and “caused damage to some ballot papers and other material”. However, SSP Niazi had refuted the claims.

Source: Pakistan Today February 22, 2021 07:52 UTC