Hussain could only get 11, 835 votes. PHOTO: INP
The outgoing Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain of the Awami National Party lost out to the rising tide of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in the province by a heavy margin, Express News reported.
The embattled ANP stalwart could only muster 11, 835 votes in PK-12 Nowshera-I. His opponent, PTI’s Khaliqur Rehman though sailed through securing a win with 25,432 votes.
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I dont think that ANP lost the Election because they could not deliver within the last five years, as far as I am concerned I think that on the political grounds ANP achieved a lot i.e. to rename the provice, provincial autonomy and lot more. I think tha Pakhtun even cant imagine that what they have achieved in the shape of provincial autonomy. I think these elections were very carefully engineered I dont have proof but do have a logic. In my opinion ANP and PPP were punished for their political gains i.e 18th constitutional amendment, to summon the ISI chief to the parliament and to answer the nation for the first time in history, establishing the Pakhtoonkha Oil and Gas Company. As far as the Taliban issue is concerned I think this was very great achievement of ANP to separate the common people from Taliban and to touch them, poor IK could not utter even a single word against them.
@Uza Syed: I agree with your kind views, we should think all about our society and play of game between a man who have weapon in his hand and the other have been tied, so guess who will be the winner on the spot. but we are not demoralized it was a wind which ended, and insshaallah with hope for our better future.
ANP lost simply because when they came in power 5 years ago there used to be 1 suicide attack a week, after 5 years of their governance there were 20 suicide attacks per week. So they failed miserably, full stop.
Yes, please do! If you have any evidence them you should. I don't know how you guys oversee the obvious. This is why nothing will ever change in Pakistan..because of people like you! @Adman:
@:-)chief.......just shut-up.
@Uza Syed.....Blame the ANP for their defeat.
@Adman......prove it if you.
hahahahahaha...Hey PTI folks!!!! should i term this one rigged? :) ...
This abandonment is an act of betrayel, in fact, a profound treachery! You fight for your people, you die for them and they leave you high and dry, it's a painful experience as well as disgusting. I never expected such a behaviour from great Pakhtoon people, I wonder if they did what they did due to fear of Taliban, do they really see IK as a friend of Taliban who might restore some peace there, I don't know, I just wonder and I grief for Mian Iftikhar and Haji Sahib Billour.
So the taliban rule KPK..........