GILGIT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-insaf’s (PTI) candidate Syed Sohail Abbas won the election for Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assem­bly’s constituency GBLA-3 on Sunday.

Elections in other constituencies of the GB assembly were held on Nov 15. In GBLA-3 the voting was postponed due to death of PTI’s candidate Syed Jaffar Shah. Mr Shah, who was also the president of the PTI’s GB chapter died of Covid-19 on Oct 11 after filing his nomination papers.

According to unofficial results, Sohail Abbas got 5,790 votes, defeating independent candidate Dr Mohammad Iqbal who received 3,211 votes.

After the victory of Sohail Abbas and joining of six independent winners, the PTI’s tally has reached 17 in the GB assembly and the party is now in a comfortable position to form its government.

The newly elected members of the GB assembly will take oath on Nov 25.

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2020