Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday emerged victorious against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.
After the result was announced, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and the former prime minister shook hands and hugged each other.
The news of Hafeez’s defeat was told to him by Zain Qureshi — who was the minister’s polling agent — following which the two men embraced each other.
Gilani secured 169 votes while Shaikh received 164 votes. Out of the total number of 341 votes, 6 were rejected and 1 was not polled.
Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto and Maryam Nawaz celebrated the win in their tweets.
Nawaz Sharif also tweeted, congratulating Gilani on the win.
Meanwhile, PTI’s Dr Shahbaz Gill tweeted that the government will challenge this result
PTI’s Shaukat Yousafzai also called a press conference, asking who voted for Gilani and alleged that money had a role to play. He also questioned the veracity of the results.
The votes were done by secret ballot and it will be difficult for the government to determine who voted for whom.
