PML-N wins the by-elections contest of NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin

Lahore: PML-N is leading the by-elections contest of NA-108 Mandi Bahauddin after firing and display of weapons and clash with PTI workers.

According to the unofficial results of the 250 polling stations,PML-N candidate Mumtaz Ahmad Tarar got 64453 votes whereas PTI candidate Tariq Tarar was following him with 34132 votes.

Election Commission has set up 289 polling stations in the constituency among which 62 have been declared most sensitive.

The seat was fallen vacant after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry was disqualified by Supreme Court in a fake degree and human trafficking cases.

11 candidates contested for the seat including Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar PML-N, Muhammad Tariq Tarar PTI , Asif Bashir Bhagat PPP, Hamza Nasir Iqbal PML-Q and Riaz Farooq Sahi JI.

A clash took place between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) workers in village Rakh Baloch in the area of polling station number 80.

The violence in Rakh Baloch village followed a similar clash between workers of both parties in the areas of polling stations 133 and 138.

Television footage showed PTI workers attacking a polling station, uprooting tents and breaking furniture outside. Rana Sarfaraz, a former Nazim of the PML-N, was also beaten up during the incident.

Police responded by baton-charging the rioters, and polling was halted at polling stations 133 and 138.