Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday challenged the result of PP-7 Rawalpindi in the by-elections.

PTI submitted an application to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the recounting of votes. In this constituency, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Raja Sagheer Ahmad secured victory by obtaining 68,906 votes while Pakistan

Col M Shabbir Awan of the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stood second with 68,857 votes.Sagheer Ahmed defeated PTI’s candidate Shabir Awan with a very close margin of 49 votes. It is pertinent to mention here that, according to the unofficial results, the former PM-led PTI bagged 15 seats, while the PML-N could only secure four seats. After sweeping 15 seats in the Punjab by-elections on Sunday, the PTI now has 178 seats in the provincial assembly.

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Independent News Pakistan-INP