By-polls to 10 NA, 18 PA seats today...

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by polls are being held today in Pakistan, lets see how the government does in this elections…

Missing ballot papers delay polls in PP-147

By Hassnain Qureshi

LAHORE: Polling for by-elections in 10 National Assembly and 18 provincial assembly constituencies will be held from 8.00am to 5.00pm today (Wednesday), as by-elections in PP-147 (Lahore XI) were postponed Tuesday, after a candidate’s complaint that 5,000 ballot papers had gone missing in the constituency.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Irshad Hassan Khan postponed by-elections in PP-147 (Lahore XI) and ordered an inquiry after Amirul Azeem, the MMA candidate from PP-147, made a complaint to the district election commissioner that according to the Punjab Election Commission record 130,000 ballot papers were printed for the constituency but Returning Officer Mehr Nawaz had only received 125,000 of them.

Mr Azeem alleged that the local Election Commission officials and PML-QA candidate Abdul Aleem Khan were responsible for the missing ballot papers. A fresh date for by-elections in the constituency will be announced later.

Staff Report from Islamabad adds: The CEC on Tuesday ordered the concerned district returning officers to report complaints about the polling process to their respective provincial election commissioner or a member of the provincial EC.

SHC’s Justice Ashraf Leghari, Lahore High Court’s Justice Nasim Sikandar, Balochistan High Court’s Justice Ahmad Khan Lashari and Peshawar High Court’s Justice Qazi Ehsanullah Qureshi will take action against the complaints received in their respective provinces.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_15-1-2003_pg1_6

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MMA wins NA-34 (Qazi Hussain Ahmed seat).

MMA wins NA-56 (Sheikh Rasheed seat), Mohammed Hanif Abbasi wins
defeating Sheikh Rashid Shafiq nephew of Sheikh Rasheed…

http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=15651

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thats a deep blow to the LOTA e Azam... :)

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Good! I am happy that Sheikh Rashid's nephew lost, he played a dirty game, pretending to be with PML(N) and turning lota for a Ministry.

Sindh is disappointing, because the main candidates boycotted in protest against threats against them. So it's a PML(Q) walkover except in Karachi. The same goes for Baluchistan. The MMA is feinitely in the driving seat in the Frontier, 2 seats to watch out for is a frontier provincial seat where the MMA candidate is going against Federal Minister Sherpao's nephew and another one is the provincial seat in Mianwali, where Tehrik-e-insaf has a chance of winning a provincial seat in Punjab despite heavy rigging against the party candidate.

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The results are in from the Dawn web site!
http://www.dawn.com/2003/01/15/welcome.htm

Dr. Abdul Qadir Khanzada of MQM wins from NA-242, Karachi IV: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Dr. Abdul Qadir Khanzada of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) won the by-election from NA-242, Karachi IV by securing 67051 votes, Election Commission announced today. His closest rival Dr. Mirajul Huda Siddiqui of MMA got 17818 votes. The vote cast remained at 38.93 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Mohsin Khan Leghari of NA wins from PP-245, DG Khan VI: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari of National Alliance won the by-election from PP-245, Dera Ghazi Khan VI by securing 24061 votes, Election Commission announced today. Sardar Hussain Ahmed Khan Leghari came second by obtaining 19601 votes. The vote cast remained at 31.41 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Rashid Akbar Khan of PML(Q) wins from NA-74, Bhakkar II: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Rashid Akbar Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) won the by-election from NA-74, Bhakkar II, by securing 121066 votes, Election Commission announced today. Muhammad Safiullah of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) came second by getting 28661 votes. The vote cast remained at 52.11 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Independent candidate Saeed Ahmed Ch. wins from NA-163, Sahiwal IV: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Saeed Ahmed Chaudhary, an independent candidate, won the by-election from NA-163, Sahiwal IV by securing 54793 votes, Election Commission announced today. Begum Shehnaz Javed of PPP Parliamentarians came second and received 30217 votes. The vote cast remained at 40.12 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Amir Hayat Niazi of PML(Q) wins from PP-44, Mianwali II: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 : Amir Hayat Khan Niazi of PML(Q) won the by- election from PP-44, Mianwali II by securing 33994 votes, Election Commission announced today .His closest rival Hafeezullah Khan Niazi of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf received 24744 votes. The vote cast remained at 38 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Basharat Raja of PML (Q) wins from PP-110, Gujrat III: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Muhammad Basharat Raja of PML(Q) won the by- election from PP-110, Gujrat III by securing 82057 votes, Election Commission announced today. His closest rival Ch. Tariq Javed Advocate of PPPP received 1144 votes. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Sardar Dildar Cheema PML(Q) wins from PP-61, Faisalabad II: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Sardar Dildar Ahmed Cheema of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) won the by-election from PP-61, Faisalabad II by securing 29258 votes, Election Commission announced today. His closest opponent Ch. Muhammad Rashid Saeed of PML(N) got 13705 votes. The vote cast remained at 39.07 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Maulana Idrees of MMA wins from PF-20, Charsadda IV: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Maulana Muhammad Idrees of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) won the by-election from PF-20, Charsadda IV by securing 15971 votes, Election Commission announced today. His closest rival Tariq Kamal Khan of PPP(S) got 6384 votes. The vote cast remained at 32.79 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Muhammad Waqas of MMA wins from PP-8, Rawalpindi VIII: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Muhammad Waqas of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) won the by-election from PP-8, Rawalpindi VIII by securing 21476 votes, Election Commission announced today. His closest rival Malik Taimoor Masud of PML(Q) got 20474 votes. The vote cast remained at 39.62 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Ehsan Ali Jatoi wins from PS-76, Dadu VI: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Ehsan Ali Jatoi of PML(Q) won the by-election from PS-76, Dadu VI by securing 61133 votes, Election Commission announced today. His rival Haji Zafar Ali Leghari of PPPP came second and obtained 1227 votes. The vote cast remained at 43.4 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

NDA’s candidate Imtiaz Sheikh wins from PS-18, Jaccobabad: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Imtiaz Sheikh of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won the by-elections from PS-18, Jaccobabad by securing 93698 votes, Election Commission of Pakistan announced today. His rival Mir Ghalib Hussain Khan Dhomki polled 963 votes. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Engr Sarfraz Shirazi of PML(Q) wins from PS-86, Thatta III: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Engineer Syed Sarfraz Shah Shirazi of PML(Q) won the by-election from PS-86, Thatta III by obtaining 79285 votes, Election Commission announced today. Arbab Wazir Ahmad Memon of PPPP came second and secured 3373 votes. The vote cast remained at 54.20 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Shahzaman Rind of National Alliance wins from PB-31, Kacchi II: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Shahzaman Rind of National Alliance won the by- election from PB-31, Kacchi II by securing 32824 votes, Election Commission announced today. His opponent Dr. Abdul Hai Baloch of BNM only got 276 votes. The vote cast remained at 37.14 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Hanif Abbasi of MMA wins from NA-56, Rawalpindi 7: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Muhammad Hanif Abbasi of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) won the by-elections from NA-56, Rawalpindi VII by securing 31919 votes, Election Commission announced today. His opponent Sheikh Rashid Shafiq of PML(Q) got 16772 votes. The votes cast remained at 23.97 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Faiz Muhammad Mehr of PML (Q) wins from PS-10, Shikarpur II: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Faiz Muhammad Mehr of PML (Q) won the bye election from PS-10, Shikarpur II by securing 63240 votes, Election Commission announced today. His closest rival Abdul Qadir Chachar of PPPP received 1015 votes. The vote cast remained at 57.07 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Mehr Fazal Hussain Sumra wins from PP-266, Layyah V: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Mehr Fazal Hussain Sumra of PML(Q) won the by- election from PP-266, Layyah V by getting 30416 votes, Election Commission announced today. His rival candidate Ch. Muhammad Anwar Gujjar (MMA) secured 26090 votes. The vote cast remained at 48 percent. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

Ali Nawaz Mehr of PML(Q) wins from NA-201, Ghotki II: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Ali Nawaz Khan Mehr of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) won the by-elections from NA-201, Ghotki II by securing 176188 votes, Election Commission of Pakistan announced today. His rival candidate Abdul Latif Shah of PPPP polled 3120 votes. The percentage of votes cast was 64.09. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

MMA’s Ahmed Ghafoor wins from Lower Dir NA-34: ISLAMABAD, Jan 15: Ahmed Ghafoor of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) won the by-elections from NA-34 Lower Dir by securing 46309 votes, Election Commission of Pakistan announced today. His rival candidate Ahmed Hassan of PPP(S) was second with 30718 votes. The voting percentage remained 24.18. (APP) (Posted @ 23:55 PST)

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I am so glad Shiekh Rashid, for the first time lost!!!! Actually his nephew lost, but who cares, that seat isnt his anymore!!! It happens to be my constituency, and I am happy for this change!!!

This also proves how much the people actually hate the PML(Q)'s recent ba**-washing of Musharraf and the Americans...

Congratulations to the MMA for this seat, and hats off to the PPP for withdrawing in support of the MMA candidate! Sheeda Talli looses by 15,000 votes, now that is something!!!