Bye-poll result held up in SW Pakistan
Pakistan Times National News Desk

QILA ABDULLAH: Result of the polling in bye-election for PB-12 seat of Balochistan assembly, which was held here on Saturday, still could not be finalized due to 14 polling stations out of 47 failing to submit their results till now.

According to the results of 33 polling stations so far received, Pashtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party’s candidate Abdul Qahar Khan Wadan bagged 7,410 votes and Awami National Party’s Ghulam Sarwar Pir Alizai 4,401, while the results of far-flung 14 polling stations were still awaited.

Returning Officer, Abdul Wahid Bazai said that the incidents of violence during polling were being investigated, while the two presiding officers and six persons kidnapped from two polling stations of Jangalpir Alizai were recovered by the levies late last night besides the ballot boxes snatched away retrieved. However, complaints regarding highhandedness and rigging would be taken up by Election Commission of Pakistan, he told.●