{"id":9363,"date":"2022-07-17T17:42:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=9363"},"modified":"2022-07-17T17:42:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:42:35","slug":"pml-n-accepts-defeat-in-punjab-by-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pml-n-accepts-defeat-in-punjab-by-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N accepts defeat in Punjab by-polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has accepted its defeat in the Punjab by-polls as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the leading party in the majority of provincial assembly\u2019s seats.<\/p>\n

While talking to a private news channel, PML-N leader Malik Ahmed Khan accepted the defeat of his political party in today\u2019s Punjab by-polls.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI am accepting whole-heartedly that PTI clinched historic victory and the public votes came against us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malik Ahmed Khan added, \u201cI have talked to Hamza Shahbaz and it is a difficult situation. There is a coalition government in the Centre. Hamza Shahbaz has also asked to respect the public opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is currently leading on 17 out of 20 seats of the Punjab Assembly in today\u2019s by-elections, whereas, PML-N managed to win only two seats and one seat by an independent candidate, according to the unofficial and unconfirmed results.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Punjab By-Election: PTI Zain Qureshi clinches his seat from Multan<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

According to details, Hamza summoned a session in view of the current situation in which the PML-N leadership will make important decisions regarding its political strategy in Punjab.<\/p>\n

By-election results pouring in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Election results have started pouring in after the conclusion of the polling at 3,131 stations for Punjab by-polls in 20 constituencies.<\/p>\n

The counting of votes is still underway after polling concluded. The polling process was continued from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm uninterrupted before its conclusion amid reports of clashes and arrests.<\/p>\n

Cruciality of by-elections, PA number game<\/strong><\/p>\n

The by-polls on the 20 Punjab Assembly seats, vacated after the PTI MPAs voted for Hamza Shahbaz in the Chief Minister (CM) elections, were conducted on Sunday (today).<\/p>\n

The results of the by-polls would be essential for the CM vote count, ordered by the Supreme Court (SC), in the Punjab Assembly in July 2022.<\/p>\n

The ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) needs to win a total of 11 seats in today\u2019s by-elections to gain a majority to elect their chief minister in the biggest province of the country.<\/p>\n

Previously, PML-N needs nine seats to get a majority in the Punjab Assembly but two of its Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) including Mian Jameel Ahmed Sharaqpuri and Faisal Niazi tendered their resignations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has accepted its defeat in the Punjab by-polls as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the leading party in the majority of provincial assembly\u2019s seats. While talking to a private news channel, PML-N leader Malik Ahmed Khan accepted the defeat of his political party in today\u2019s Punjab by-polls. He said, \u201cI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}