Lagatar24 Desk
Islamabad, Oct 17: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, won six out of a possible eight National Assembly seats in Sunday’s by-elections.
Six of the seven seats up for election to the National Assembly were won by the PTI, including the Peshawar seat and the Mardan and Kahnewal seats in the Provincial Assembly.
Khan’s Party did suffer a setback in Multan, a crucial seat, when Mehr Bano Qureshi, the daughter of former Pakistani foreign minister Shah Moshmodd Qureshi, lost to Ali Musa Gilani, a previous leader of the nation.
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Pakistan’s current regime Only one seat in the Provincial Assembly was won by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. According to Bloomberg, the former cricket star, who was removed from office in April following a no-confidence vote, has been organising rallies around Pakistan that are drawing sizable crowds in support of calling for early elections.
After a resolution of no confidence in his administration was approved in April, Imran Khan was removed as prime minister. Khan frequently criticised the present Pakistani government during his by-election campaign. Khan had won in by-elections held in July 15 of the 20 Punjab assembly seats.
