PTI candidate Mehar Wajid Azeem is placed second with 16,566 votes. PHOTO: AFP
Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaaf (PTI) has rejected the results of the recount in this constituency yet again, despite the fact that Returning Officer, Javed Iqbal Warraich supervised the recount in the presence of the two candidates.
Ahmad secured 18,526 votes while PTI candidate Mehar Wajid Azeem came in second with 18,074 votes.
After a neck-and-neck contest in the August 22 by-elections, PML-N’s Ahmad was declared the winner with a close margin of 374 votes from the runners up, PTI’s Azeem.
Azeem challenged the result in the courts, alleging irregularities at some polling stations.
The Election Commission later ordered a recount on August 29.
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@Azad:
Your penultimate post smacks of jealousy of our Khadim-e-Alla. You keep up with such ludicrous comments that personify the myopic mindset of a quintessential troll who is seething with jealousy.
well done Khadim-e-Alla
25 Polling stations bags was missing for 3 days,at that time Marghoob became winner but officially done by ECP later.well done Khadim-e- Alla no one can beat your intelligence.even you u grab wives of high officials but still people like you.keep it up.
@Maryam: They have nothing to do expect dharnas for dhandli.This party has become a dharna party.IK is fooling it's supporters.
@sabi: Even they are not entitled to old salary
@sabi:
Even they are not entitled to old salary.
@Maryam: They have nothing to do expect dharnas for dhandli.This party has become a dharna party.IK is fooling it's supporters.
@True Karachiwala: He is a sportsman but with no spirit.Untill and unless PTI does not win there is always rigging.
Imran Khan thinks every election is the replay of the 1992 WC final. If he doesn't win, he thinks it is a fraud. Just crazy.
why PTI does not accept defeat and gets down to work ? Recounts, dharnas are more important issues than the ones faced by common Pakistanis ? educated voters of PTI would start leaving it very soon, if PTI persists with this policy.
Without IK, Sharif brothers would treat the PK people as complete trash but his pressure has forced them onto a better road. If you believe me just look at their history.
its to my dismay and surprise that how people here r in directly abusing IK the great who is responsible for showing right direction to these political mafias.its only IK who made even PLMN to work hard to compete...but unfortunately corrupt people cant defeat corruption ,hence here they can't. compete with great khan.regarding pp150 plmn cud go to any extent to win because they r scared of defeat thats y they rely on illiterate mob and corrupt practices.don't forget IGI IN 1992
recount after 12 days and pmln will let u win.u living in fool's paradise .PMLN is master of rigging
@MAC:
Yeah, founding father of Republic of Facebook that is.
There is expression of false alarm otherwise called as Cry Wolf. In the case of trolls and sheep herd followers of Deen-e-Imrani, its Cry Shair! :D
For a sportsman, Khan sb has remarkably little in terms of sportsman spirit. This is now reflected in PTIs approach to problems and setbacks. Khan sb is basically a mediocre leader masquerading as a founding father.
If IK was running a funeral parlor, folks would stop dying - Famous dialogue by Michael Douglas uttered in "Wall Street."
This is how much of a bad luck IK is these days that whatever he touches turns into dust.
The glaring fact that the lead of PMLN candidate has further increased in recount is a testament that PMLN is the most popular political party of Pakistan and PTI is nothing more than a cry baby!! PTI's candidate must apologize the public for wasting precious time of the people/media and wasting taxpayer's money. The entire cost of recounting must be recovered from the losers.
No international team is coming to Pakistan , so let's play " rigging rigging " or shall I say " dhandli dhanli ".
Same result as before whats the difference what was the hue and cry for
O come on! PTI has again rejected the result after recount in PP-150. Where is the sportsman spirit of Imran Khan? Too much by the party claiming to be the Movement for Justice :)
like Jamat-e-islami. PTI will not accept the result of recounting..they think both are God chosen party to rule pakistan
@Arsie: correction. Most popular party in one province only.
What a landslide victory for the N League!!!! Sharif should be ashamed of winning by this margin. It speaks volume of things to come in future.
A big round of applause for those who still think all 452 rejected votes were cast in favor of PTI :) Guys please!
@Mohtashim: Those votes are rejected, where a stamp overlaps more than one party sign. furthermore, some times, voters dont stamp the ballot paper at all. These votes are rejected, once both candidates agree that it is impossible to determine, in whose favour votes have been casted. So point to be be noted is that rejected votes are those votes, which are approved by both parties as rejected.
Now IK should apologise as he said before the recount.....
At first, it was PPP and PML-N who were corrupt. After May 11th, it was PML-N and ECP which were corrupt. Now, PML-N and the "Whole Nizam" is corrupt. The only saints left are PTI, JI, PPP and PML-Q who are all aligned together to contest the Punjab Local Body polls against PML-N and the "Whole Nizam." :D
It is good that PTI lost. Now its time to raise energy prices!!
@Hopeful: Well theoretically yes but only if those votes were cast for the PTI candidate for all we know it may be that all 452 votes were originally cast in favour of PML (N) or other candidates. It would have probably been good for the election to clarify this
On May 11, 2013 general election, Imran Khan was very much hopeful that PTI will sweep in all over Pakistan, but this did not happened and PML(N) won the general election.
It was a matter of over confidence, but the reality is far from imagination.
@Hopeful: and what makes you think rejected votes were for PTI... stop the drama , pleaseeeee its a humble request..!!!
Now IK should come himself and count all votes by his own hands, and add all rejected votes to PTI candidate's tally. And after that curse the voters of PP150, because the rejected the tabdili, which is very much visible in KPK.
PTI trolls again blame people of punjab for every wrong this nation faces.
First PTI blamed that no stamp votes has also been casted but now they said that they may won with the rejected votes. Isn't this the dual statement?
Omg now PTI wants a repoll, there is a limit to how much someone can whine & probably IK is a clear winner in whinning
quite ironic - the difference of votes is 452 (18,526 vs 18,074) while the votes rejected were 452 as well. A strange coincidence but i am not alluding to anything, could be just a coincidence!!
hahahaha..... Dear PTI, This calls for a dharna , protesting against dhandli etc etc... come on take over the roads... :)
@Uza Syed: And what now, tch, tch, tch! To continue working with old salary.
Even if the rejected votes were added to PTI, they would have won with only 2 VOTES, but they are spoiled kids, who cannot accept defeat whole heartily...........
I lived in PP-150 and I know ground realities. Bravo for PTI to give such a tough competition but It is almost impossible to beat PML-N in this area (NA-121, PP150), this area belongs to PML-N, so PTI should accept results and move on
Stop this nonsense now!!
18,074(PTI Votes) + 452(Rejected Votes) = 18,526(PML-N Votes).....Interesting :)
Just wait for another round of protest on Mall Road and a demand that the re re count should either be administered by the Electoral Commission of UK or Zac Goldsmith :-p
I believe PTI lost this seat twice. The impact on the PTI's reputation is also double folded. As expected, they will and should continue their hue and cry, if they stop doing that than as an ordinary Pakistani I have misunderstood that.
And what can pti do now whine like a baby :D hahahhahhahahhahahhaha
I am very disappointed with the way IK has acted after the election. Where is the sportsmans spirit? He has also started lieing blatantly. After NA71 election he said how come 80% votes can be polled whereas only 45% were polled.
They lost again? Sharamnak indeed!
I am sure now PTI will demand re-election. They don't know how to accept defeat with honor yet. One can hope they will learn in the process.
Atleast 40 out of 147 polling stations PP150 don't have stamps and signatures of polling staff on ballot papers,is this a fair election?
This result was already known after the news that "Bags of ballet papers from 25 polling stations were missing and found 3 days later".
PTI should accept the defeat in PP-150 Lahore against PML-N. They had demanded vote recount and are proved to lost again. Hope that they will not protest now.
Shame on you PTI :)
You will never win if you never accept you defeat!
of course it does. how utterly predictable. perhaps they should turn their attention towards running KP now that their allegations have proved false yet again.
Can sombody announce that PTI got 432 seats in the NA and Pakistan now has a 63 year, old leader of the youth as PM. They just mightaccept the result
Its about time Imran Khan abandon his rigging claims and start working. We've had enough of these rigging accusations. Pml n was and still is the most popular party in Pakistan. Accept it, the sooner the better.
18,526 - 18,074 = 452 votes PMLN won by. And the number of rejected votes = 452? Does that mean if those votes werent rejected, it would be a tie?
LOL, this is a farce.
Time for the "dhandli hue,dhandli hue" saga again.......:)
LOL... Shame on PTI yaar... what are their excuses now?? please PTI start work for the country and people and come out of Fairy Tales and sweet dreams. Shame on IK for wasting time and money of the country on recounting of the poll. Now PTI and IK owe and APOLOGY to PMLN.
Now Imran Khan and his fans will go from cursing the election commission to cursing the voters and calling them stupid.
And what now, tch, tch, tch!