ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday congratulated the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate of PK-08-Peshawar for his success in the by-election and termed it reflection of his party’s people-friendly policies.
He congratulated Arbab Wasim Hayat and the PML-N workers and said that the conscientious people have rejected the hollow slogans and negative politics of those who claimed to build a new Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “I hope that Arbab Wasim would come upto the expectations of the people and would leave no stone unturned in serving them,” he said.
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“We will continue our efforts for a real ‘roshan’ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” the prime minister said, adding the people of Peshawar have voted in favour of development and progress. Arbab Wasim won the closely contested by-election against Malik Tamash Khan of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The winner bagged 11,781 votes while the rival candidate secured 10,789 votes.
Shahzad Khan, candidate of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), could manage to get 9,347 votes to come on the third position. The seat was vacated due to the death of a PML-N lawmaker. Senator Saeed Ghani blamed the PML-N for ‘changing results’ in polling booths and asked the Election Commission to arrange a re-count.
