ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf here on Monday administered the oath from the newly elected member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Mahmood Baqi Maulvi who won by-elections from NA-245.
After taking the oath, the elected member signed the roll. The constituency had fallen vacant after the sudden death of Aamir Liaquat in June last year.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly also offered Fateha for policeman and security forces martyred in Karachi incident. The prayer was led by Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali.
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It’s pertinent to mention that PTI’s Mahmood Moulvi had defeated MQM-P Moeed Anwar and retained the NA-245 seat.
Mr. Moulvi received 29,475 while MQM-P’s Moeed Anwar remained second with 13,193 votes. The voter turnout in the constituency was 11.8%, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
