Pakistan Muslim League candidate, Salim Saifullah Khan, on Thursday refused to accept the result of the NA-35 by-poll, a result that saw him lose to Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) nominee Syed Bakhtiar Mani. "I do not accept the results of the Wednesday polls that were rigged by the MMA provincial government," Salim Saifullah told a news conference in Batkhela.
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Sirajul Haq, NWFP senior minister, rejected the allegations. According to an unofficial result, the MMA has won the seat. Mani won 33,744 votes with Salim Saifullah gaining 19,946. Engineer Humayun Khan, Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian (PPPP), secured 17,268 votes and came third. Unlike the PML, the PPPP conceded defeat, claiming they upheld democratic traditions. "We accept the defeat as we believe in democracy," Najmuddin Khan, PPPP provincial secretary, told reporters. |