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27 Jul, 2018 at 7:42 am #1ISLAMABAD: Amid allegations of rigging by various political parties, the 11th general election in the country on Wednesday produced some surprising results as a number of political heavyweights and seasoned politicians suffered defeat in their strongholds, albeit with a slim margin.
According to the unofficial results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) so far, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan won all five seats where he had contested the elections, whereas the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lost in their traditional strongholds.
The PPP chairperson, who was contesting polls from three constituencies for the first time, lost the contest in Malakand (NA-8) to PTI candidate Junaid Akbar. In a major upset, Mr Bhutto-Zardari also lost to PTI’s Shakoor Shad in Lyari (NA-246) in Karachi.
Maulana Fazl, Asfandyar, Achakzai, Sirajul Haq, Shahbaz, Bilawal, Nisar, Awais among losers
However, the PPP leader managed to win from his native constituency in Larkana (NA-200) with a significant margin against MMA candidate Rashid Soomro. Interestingly, the JUI-F chief lost in his hometown Dera Ismail Khan (NA-39).Asfandyar Wali Khan, who heads the Awami National Party (ANP), lost the elections from his native Charsadda constituency (NA-24). The ANP president lost to Fazal Muhammad Khan of the PTI with a margin of over 23,000 votes.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif, who had contested the elections from four constituencies won only in Lahore. He lost the election in Karachi, Swat and Dera Ghazi Khan.
PML-N’s Sardar Awais Leghari also lost to PTI’s Zartaj Gul in his home constituency of D.G. Khan. Also in this camp is Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq, who suffered a defeat in his native area of Lower Dir. His rival Muhammad Bashir Khan of the PTI bagged 63,017 votes against the 46,040 votes Mr Haq had received.
Another major political heavyweight who lost in the election is Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan who has been a permanent feature of the National Assembly since 1985. This time around, the politician from Chakri lost both seats (NA-59 and NA-63) in Rawalpindi district to Ghulam Sarwar Khan of the PTI. The estranged PML-N leader had contested the election as an independent candidate on the symbol of “jeep”. Ghulam Sarwar Khan bagged 89,055 votes in NA-59 while Chaudhry Nisar got 66,369 votes. In NA-63 Sarwar Khan bagged 100,986 votes defeating Mr Nisar who could get only 65,767 votes.
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi also lost the two seats he was contesting from to PTI candidates. In Islamabad, he was defeated by PTI chief Imran Khan, whereas in Murree, his native town, he faced defeat at the hands of PTI’s Sadaqat Abbasi.
Besides Islamabad, the PTI chairman managed to secure seats from his hometown Mianwali, Karachi, Lahore and Bannu. He faced the toughest contest in Lahore’s NA-131 constituency where he defeated former railways minister and firebrand PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique with a slim margin of nearly 600 votes. The PTI chief, however, surprised political observers by defeating MMA’s Akram Khan Durrani, in the latter’s native Bannu.
Another important aspect of the general elections was the defeat of “electables” from the PPP who had recently joined the PTI. The results show that Nazar Mohammad Gondal, Nadeem Afzal Chan and Firdous Ashiq Awan lost the elections even though they had tickets of the PTI, making it clear that voters in their respective constituencies did not appreciate their decision to switch loyalties.
Another senior ANP leader, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, lost the election from NA-31 in Peshawar. He was defeated by PTI’s Shaukat Ali. Making a democratic gesture, Mr Bilour was the first politician who openly conceded defeat and felicitated his rival over the victory.
Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf of the PPP managed to win the election from NA-58, Gujjar Khan. The ex-premier polled 125,090 votes whereas Chaudhary Muhammad Azeem of the PTI was the runner up with 96,574.
Former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, who contested the election after seat adjustment with the PTI, won from Chakwal.
In a tough contest, former foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif of the PML-N defeated PTI’s Usman Dar in NA-73 (Sialkot-II) after recount, with a margin of a little over 1,000 votes. Khawaja Asif bagged 116,957 votes while Muhammad Usman Dar of the PTI got 115,464 votes.
In NA-78 Narowal, former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal defeated PTI’s Abrarul Haq.
Other prominent winners are Khurram Dastagir Khan, Rana Sanaullah, Hamza Shahbaz, Shafqat Mehmood (PTI), Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada; Makhdoom Khusro Bukhtyar (PTI) and Dr Fehmida Mirza (GDA).
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27 Jul, 2018 at 7:51 am #2Election was as fair as you can get in developing world. There was some pre-poll stuff but on election day by enlarge election was fair. PMLN lost because public didn’t buy Nawaz Sharif’s narrative. He was hammered by media and PTI for almost 5 years. And they reluctantly blamed establishment for all the on-slaught. When public went to vote they ignored that narrative. I hope Imran Khan will fare little better but let’s understand ground realities. The problem in developing worlds are immense and resources are thin. In addition the never ending civ-mil complexity. Let’s forget the election rivalries and support Imran Khan and civilian gov’t. They need all the support we can offer to them. The elections are over, let’s start governance. Let’s not criticize new gov’t just for the sake of criticism.27 Jul, 2018 at 9:40 am #3Election was as fair as you can get in developing world. There was some pre-poll stuff but on election day by enlarge election was fair. PMLN lost because public didn’t buy Nawaz Sharif’s narrative. He was hammered by media and PTI for almost 5 years. And they reluctantly blamed establishment for all the on-slaught. When public went to vote they ignored that narrative. I hope Imran Khan will fare little better but let’s understand ground realities. The problem in developing worlds are immense and resources are thin. In addition the never ending civ-mil complexity. Let’s forget the election rivalries and support Imran Khan and civilian gov’t. They need all the support we can offer to them. The elections are over, let’s start governance. Let’s not criticize new gov’t just for the sake of criticism.In the 3rd world, Does Indian, srilankan, Iranian and Bangla deshi army plays the same as it is played here
How come election results are acceptable, if form 45 was not issued in time and poling agents were kicked out by army
There is no need to hold such rigged elections.
27 Jul, 2018 at 9:56 am #4Gulraiz bhaiThe narrative here before election was Army won’t allow a populist leader. They would rather have dummy like Jimali or Gillani. I had lot of reservations on Imran Khan. But now that he is elected he got votes let’s move on. Elections don’t decide right or wrong it merely decides who has the right to rule for next 5 years? Let’s move on. This result is much better than hung Parliament with a weak PM with strong opposition in Punjab. Even in developed democracy few Liberals don’t like Trump’s victory or few conservatives Obama’s. Let’s follow footsteps of Ghulam Ahmed Bilour and accept results gracefully. Let’s not make good perfection of enemy.
27 Jul, 2018 at 10:06 am #5Gulraiz bhai The narrative here before election was Army won’t allow a populist leader. They would rather have dummy like Jimali or Gillani. I had lot of reservations on Imran Khan. But now that he is elected he got votes let’s move on. Elections don’t decide right or wrong it merely decides who has the right to rule for next 5 years? Let’s move on. This result is much better than hung Parliament with a weak PM with strong opposition in Punjab. Even in developed democracy few Liberals don’t like Trump’s victory or few conservatives Obama’s. Let’s follow footsteps of Ghulam Ahmed Bilour and accept results gracefully. Let’s not make good perfection of enemy.Shirazi bhai
Who the hell is army to dedide who will rule and who will not, its the ppl
I gave u the examples of all democratic 3rd world countries army against your narrative.
Don’t compare Trump victory with this rigged election, that was fair election. US administration, beurucracy, establishment even top heads of his own party were against him, but they respected the verdict of US public, U think if US army had done against the verdict of ppl , they wouldn’t have been on roads and accepted the decision of army
27 Jul, 2018 at 10:07 am #6شیرازی جیشاہد خاقان عباسی کے علاوہ دو دوسرے سابق وزرا اعظم کا ذکر نہیں ہے جن میں سے ایک سابق وزیر اعظم راجہ پرویز اشرف پارلیمنٹ پہنچنے میں کامیاب ہوگیا ہے جبکہ دوسرا سابق وزیر اعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی پارلیمنٹ پہنچنے میں ناکام رہا. گیلانی نے پارلیمنٹ واپس جانے کیلیے پانچ سال اپنی نا اہلی کے عرصے کا بیتابی سے انتظار کیا لیکن وہ پانچ سال کے انتظار کے بعد بھی پارلیمنٹ نہ پہنچ سکا
اس پارلیمنٹ میں تین سابق سپیکر قومی اسمبلی بھی بیٹھے ہونگے. جن میں ایاز صادق، فہمیدہ مرزا اور فخر امام شامل ہیں.
سب سے بڑھکر پارلیمنٹ پر لعنت بھیجنے والے پارلیمنٹ میں پارلیمنٹ کے مامے بن کر بیٹھے ہونگے
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27 Jul, 2018 at 10:17 am #7Bawa JeeFully agreed with facts you stated but once again elections don’t decide right or wrong. They just break the tie who can govern for next 5 years. If people voted for Sheikh Rasheed I will swallow the bitter pill and move on. I am glad Labiak didn’t win much if they had I had no choice but to accept that result as well.
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27 Jul, 2018 at 10:23 am #8Bawa Jee Fully agreed with facts you stated but once again elections don’t decide right or wrong. They just break the tie who can govern for next 5 years. If people voted for Sheikh Rasheed I will swallow the bitter pill and move on. I am glad Labiak didn’t win much if they had I had no choice but to accept that result as well.شیرازی جی
ہم جمہوریت پسند تو عوام کے مینیڈیٹ اور پارلیمنٹ کا احترام کرتے ہیں
کاش یہ عوامی مینیڈیٹ اور پارلیمنٹ پر دن رات بھونکنے والے بھی عوامی مینیڈیٹ اور پارلیمنٹ کا احترام کرنا سیکھ جائیں
27 Jul, 2018 at 10:39 am #9Shirazi bhai Who the hell is army to dedide who will rule and who will not, its the ppl I gave u the examples of all democratic 3rd world countries army against your narrative. Don’t compare Trump victory with this rigged election, that was fair election. US administration, beurucracy, establishment even top heads of his own party were against him, but they respected the verdict of US public, U think if US army had done against the verdict of ppl , they wouldn’t have been on roads and accepted the decision of armyKamran Madhuri and Ajmal pahari should have decided who will rule Karachi.
Get used to it buddy, this is what free and fair elections look like. Stop pointing at other for your loss and look inwards as to why you lost.
27 Jul, 2018 at 10:44 am #10Shirazi bhai Who the hell is army to dedide who will rule and who will not, its the ppl I gave u the examples of all democratic 3rd world countries army against your narrative. Don’t compare Trump victory with this rigged election, that was fair election. US administration, beurucracy, establishment even top heads of his own party were against him, but they respected the verdict of US public, U think if US army had done against the verdict of ppl , they wouldn’t have been on roads and accepted the decision of armyArmy did lot of things that we and media all cried foul but election day wasn’t rigged. People voted knowing how Judiciary and GHQ ousted Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz Sharif had ample opportunity to build his narrative from GT road to social media rallies. He wasn’t choked like Altaf Hussain. On July 25th people remember Panama more than respect the vote narrative. I would have voted for Nawaz Sharif if I was in Pakistan. But now Imran Khan is the leader of the country. He will be facing all those challenges and many more that Zardari and Nawaz were facing. Let’s give him some pass at least in honeymoon period.
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