Fehmida Mirza becomes first female lawmaker to have been elected 5 times on a general seat
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July 26, 2018
Former National Assembly speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has become the first woman in the country to have been elected for a fifth consecutive time from the same general seat.
Unofficial results show the GDA leader won NA-230 Badin by a narrow margin by bagging 96,875 votes against her rival from PPP, Haji Rasool Bux Chandio, who secured 96,015 votes.
Dr Mirza had first won the seat in the 1997 elections.
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Hymn
Jul 26, 2018 05:06pm
Congratulations!
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad
Jul 26, 2018 05:26pm
Welcome to the unique and distinguished club. Keep it up and hang on tough.
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Magister
Jul 26, 2018 05:47pm
And now she will fight for justice for the wretched and the poor!
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ahamed
Jul 26, 2018 06:27pm
Fehmida you must be doing something right for your people who have trusted you repeatedly. Congratulations and good governance.
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Sumit Kumar
Jul 26, 2018 07:07pm
Which party?
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tariq
Jul 26, 2018 08:07pm
She proved that she can survive without PPP
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Javed Helali Dhakawala
Jul 26, 2018 08:58pm
Good luck PK.
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