ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday claimed victory in the NA-75 by-election yet stated that they would wait for the official results from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released the official results. PTI ministers and leaders, including Fawad Chaudhry, Shibli Faraz, Firdous Ashiq Awan and Usman Dar, held a joint press conference in Sialkot’s Daska town. Faraz also said that PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanauallah was behind the Daska firing incident on Friday, wherein two people had lost their lives. A day earlier, Information Minister Shibli Faraz urged the opposition to support the initiative of open voting in the Senate elections to ensure transparency. Taking the floor, PPP Senator Raza Rabbani had said that the PTI government’s presidential ordinance to amend the secret-balloting method in the Senate elections is based on “malicious intent”.

Source: Pakistan Today February 21, 2021 15:07 UTC