By-election in Kurram adds another feather to Imran’s cap
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KURRAM: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday trounced his Pakistan Democratic Movement-backed rival and other candidates to win the by-poll on the National Assembly’s constituency NA-45 Kurram-1.
According to unofficial results of all 143 polling stations, Mr Khan received 20,748 votes against 12,718 secured by his close rival Jamil Khan.
The turnout remained around 18.4 per cent as voters mostly stayed away from the polling process.
With this victory, Mr Khan has won all the four National Assembly seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where by-elections were held for filling seats declared vacant after the resignations of the then incumbent MNAs, belonging to PTI.
This seat had fallen vacant with the resignation of ex-MNA Fakhar Zaman Khan.
With 16 candidates in the run, the Election Commission of Pakistan had set up 143 polling stations out of which 119 were declared as most sensitive and remaining 24 as sensitive.
Police, Levies and paramilitary forces were deployed at the polling stations. No untoward incident was reported from any polling station.
A total of 198,618 voters, including 111,349 male and 87,269 female voters, exercised their right to vote.
Initially, polling in NA-45 was scheduled to be held along with the other three constituencies on Oct 16, but the ECP had postponed it and later on fixed Oct 30 for the purpose. In the other three-constituencies of NA-22 (Mardan), NA-24 (Charsadda) and NA-31 (Peshawar), Mr Khan had emerged victorious.
Published in Dawn, October 31st, 2022
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Oct 31, 2022 07:27am
Here you go.. IK's drama continues.
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Oct 31, 2022 07:37am
Well done, people have spoken. Fresh general elections are the true democratic demand.
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Oct 31, 2022 07:38am
Pakistani people get the leaders they deserve.
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Oct 31, 2022 07:39am
Over 87000 female voters voted in this election. It is an encouraging news, women exercising their right.
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Oct 31, 2022 07:50am
there is a negligent factor, Imran always uses corruption excuse to absorb people to follow, why present PM leader can't use this slogan to build a clean government to absorb people to support. Pakistan needs society to be stable, because Iran is already in violence, Pakistan must keep peace in society. Pakistan and Iran both are most important Islamic countries.
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Oct 31, 2022 08:05am
Still N league propagates that people of Pakistan have rejected PTI. In recent by election PTI have won in Punjab, KP and one seat in Karachi, that is Sindh. What else is called a party of federation?
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Oct 31, 2022 08:14am
Since the creation of Pakistan, Imran Khan is undoubtedly the second most influential personality of Pakistan after Quaid-e-Azam. This man is fighting alone against whole Mafia regime and establishment together.
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Oct 31, 2022 08:29am
@Ghani K, ..we need more women voters in KPK bordering areas with Afghanistan that will be awesome!!
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Oct 31, 2022 08:31am
the result is a final warning to the coalition government parties leaders that lack of regular direct contact with the public up and down the country and doing no outreach work ( meeting the people in their own homes) will cost them the general election. the people do not vote for strangers
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Oct 31, 2022 08:42am
A Landslide win without any election campaign is certainly a new record in of itself.
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Oct 31, 2022 08:52am
Still 70% of the qaum is sleeping. Should atleast vote. Otherwise PDM is their future.
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Oct 31, 2022 08:59am
KP awam has endorsed pti for next 100year and signed their own disaster destniy .
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Oct 31, 2022 08:59am
@Justice, how is this ik drama? Now voting for the leader you want is a drama? Isint this what you do in democracy?
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Oct 31, 2022 09:00am
Imran khan , the undisputed leader of the people - Any doubts?
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Oct 31, 2022 09:03am
PTI is not a democratic party. It is a petty street cricket team that abuses its opponents.
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Oct 31, 2022 09:07am
@Samir, Rawalpindi , there is no bar on women to cast their vote in tribal area, yes peace must be their for free and fair elections
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Oct 31, 2022 09:10am
Whoever in PDM decided to accept partial resignation of PTI MNAs and that too in different provinces was very kind to people of Pakistan. He decided to show every one that PTI is the future of the country.
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Oct 31, 2022 09:19am
@M. Emad , Pakistani people will not choose Absconder Father-daughter and their local agents anymore. IMRAN himself won 7 out of 8 NA Seats, A record in the History of Pakistan.
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Oct 31, 2022 09:19am
Woow, IK is unstoppable. Two third is coming unless neutrals disqualify him
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Oct 31, 2022 09:19am
IMRAN himself won 7 out of 8 NA Seats, A record in the History of Pakistan.
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Oct 31, 2022 09:20am
IKs narrative resonates wit the voters. PDM and their corrupt cabal have been voted out
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Oct 31, 2022 09:36am
@Justice, the drama is all from you. He's just anialated your folks.
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Oct 31, 2022 09:37am
New world record of political match.
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Oct 31, 2022 09:37am
@Danish, you can carry on voting for the corrupt PDM who have achieved so much.
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Oct 31, 2022 10:10am
Need to consider two things before premature celebrations.
PTI was on loosing streak in by and local bodies elections a year ago even with their own govt. So no body knows where the public opinion will tilt by the time general elections are held next year in October.
Secondly the toshakhana and foreign funding cases are so open and shut casss in which Imran Niazi will be definitely disqualified.
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Oct 31, 2022 10:25am
Pakistani people have chosen the leader they want. Some people cannot digest it, because they only want to see the generations of Zia's son or Ayub's son in power
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Oct 31, 2022 10:43am
@Samir, Rawalpindi , indeed it would be.
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Oct 31, 2022 10:45am
@Danish, better than money laundering crooks sheltered in London
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Oct 31, 2022 10:46am
Three stubborn PTI, PDM, and the Establishment; despite the electoral win of PTI the real winner is PDM with most of their corruption cases wiped off and the real loser is the Establishment who lost its credibility and pride in the masses The veil surrounding respect and honor is shattered through multiple press conferences defending themselves and blaming PTI not a single word spoken against the PDM installed by them. The country suffers who cares, still time for damage control
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Oct 31, 2022 11:07am
The public has spoken. Out with the imported puppet government.
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Oct 31, 2022 11:22am
What is the use of adding such feathers into Imran Khan's cap when he is not going to take oath as member of the National Assembly and sign the register to be on roll.
Imran Khan is deceiving its voters that look he have won several National Assembly seats in 2018 general elections; have made Punjab and KP governments, won 6 seats during by-elections and now one seat from NA-45 Khurram-1.
People are not considering that Imran Khan has been disqualified from Mianwali seat in Toshakhana case.
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Oct 31, 2022 11:36am
Great move and wonderful news.
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Oct 31, 2022 11:46am
A joint candidate of all political parties stands defeated by PTI and it speaks of trust of people in the leadership of IK.
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Oct 31, 2022 11:56am
Pakistanis are with Imran Khan firmly now.
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Oct 31, 2022 12:12pm
People's vote is all that matters in electing their leaders in true, real and generic democracies.
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Oct 31, 2022 12:18pm
He should support other leaders in PTI. Party should not be one man show. Also why to waste precious resources. Every election costs money and he can not represent more than one assembly.
If current government keep losing elections, why would they go for elections? That would be suicidal for them. Imran is helping coalition unity.
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Oct 31, 2022 12:35pm
Election happening today or tomorrow. It is writing on the wall that people have rejected PDM
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Oct 31, 2022 01:02pm
Inept Imran again !!!
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Oct 31, 2022 05:34pm
The only feather IK wants is to be back as PM.
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Oct 31, 2022 06:08pm
@tai, how can the present government convince people they are clean when most of the ministers are facing corruption charges which they are trying to quash by passing legislation to suit themselves?
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Oct 31, 2022 09:27pm
@Common Man, who told you this?
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