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11 April, 2021 I 27 Shaban, 1442 I Rs 25.00 I Vol XI No 283 I 32 Pages I Karachi Edition
PML-N wiNs Daska byeLectioN with huge MargiN g
NosheeN IftIkhar secures 111,220 votes as per uNoffIcIal results
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akIstaN Muslim league-Nawaz (pMlN) candidate Nosheen Iftikhar emerged victorious in much-hyped Na-75 Daska by-poll with a huge margin of over 19,000 votes on saturday, according to unconfirmed and unofficial results of 360 polling stations. as per the unofficial results, Nosheen bagged 111,220 votes while pakistan tehreek-i-Insaf’s (ptI) ali asjad Malhi secured 92,019 votes. soon after the unofficial announcement, pMl-N vice president Maryam Nawaz took to twitter to celebrate the victory and said the people of Daska have won the war of “restoring the sanctity of vote”. “Well done Daska! congratulations to the zealous and brave people of Daska! Well done Nosheen! You have won the "respect the vote" battle once again today,” she wrote in the tweet. other than the pMl-N and the ptI, tehreeki-labbaik pakistan's (tlp) khalil sandhu was also in the run.
the seat had fallen vacant after the demise of pMl-N Mp sahibazada syed Iftikharul hassan shah in august. voting for the by-election began at 8:00 am and continued until 5:00 pm without any pause. after 5:00 pm, only those voters who were inside the polling stations at the time were allowed to cast their votes. to make the conduct of the re-poll transparent, cctv cameras were installed at 47 sensitive polling stations, out of a total 360. the election commission of pakistan (ecp) had decided that the presiding officers will sign the form 45 (final results) inside the polling stations in the presence of polling agents of the respective candidates before they leave the premises, while no political figure will be allowed to meet the ro while receiving the election results. During the day, the ecp issued a show cause notice to pMl-N Mpa Zeeshan rafique for violating the election code of conduct. the district election commissioner also sought an explanation from the Mpa within a day. on the other hand, the district monitoring officer of Na-75 Daska issued show cause notices to pMl-Q leader chaudhry saleem
coroNavirus iN
PakistaN
CONFIRMED CASES:
715,968
LAST UPDATED AT 7:55 AM ON APRIL 10, 2021
DAY'S DEATH TOLL:
NEW CASES:
100
5,139
RECOVERED:
DEATHS:
627,561 15,329 SINDH:
PUNJAB:
268,284 245,923 KP:
97,318
BALOCHISTAN:
20,178
AJK/GB: ISLAMABAD: 14,260/5,103 64,902
Bariar and special assistant to punjab cM firdous ashiq awan for violating the code of conduct. pMl-Q leader Bariar had on april 9 announced a development package of rs500 million for the constituency and awan had announced the package for the constituency during a press conference. "the announcement of development packages for the constituency is a violation of the code of conduct," the election commission said. the district monitoring officer sought a reply from both within two days. FIRDOUS ACCUSES PML-N OF RIGGING: fridous said that in line with the directions of ecp, the provincial government took all-out steps to ensure free and fair elections. however, despite the all steps taken by the authorities, she said in a press conference, many irregularities were witnessed during the polling. “Goons of pMl-N tried to sabotage the law and order in the area,” she alleged. the spokesperson said the ruling ptI did not contest election against a political worker but “land grabbers and drug peddlers”. “pMlN believes in rigging and they don’t have nerves to accept their defeat.” SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS: In order to ensure fair re-election the provincial election commission had assigned pakistan rangers the task of safe transportation of presiding officers and the polling material to the polling stations and then to the office of the returning officer. such strict measures came in the wake of february 19 Daska by-polls, where different incidents of alleged vote tampering, rigging and clashes were reported. the ruling party and the opposition were at odds as the former was claiming victory whereas the latter alleged massive rigging in the constituency. on thursday, the election commission of pakistan (ecp) declared 47 polling stations, out of a total of 360, as sensitive, directing the authorities to install over 100 surveillance cameras at these points to monitor the onground situation on polling day to make the conduct of the re-election transparent.
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Tareen demands fair probe into FIA cases ISLAMABAD Staff rEport
estranged pakistan tehreek-iInsaf (ptI) leader Jahangir tareen on saturday demanded a “free and fair probe” into the cases of money laundering and corporate fraud registered against him by the federal Investigation agency (fIa). tareen was speaking to the reporters outside a district and sessions court in lahore where he had gone in connection with the cases after the expiry of bail granted to him and his son ali tareen. During the hearing, the court extended the bails until april 22. last week, a banking court in lahore had granted oneweek pre-arrest bail to them. the agency had booked
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Imran's govt in Tareen's hands: Abbasi former prime minister and pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (pMl-N) leader shahid khaqan abbasi has said that prime Minister Imran khan's government "is in the hands of Jahangir khan tareen". speaking to media in karachi on saturday, he said that the government is "standing on the basis of only seven votes". "the government was in a weak position since the beginning. Imran khan and usman Buzdar's seats of power are in the hands of Jahangir tareen," he said. "Jahangir tareen's nomination in cases has nothing to do with the sugar [crisis]." abbasi said that several ptI lawmakers had attended a dinner reception hosted by tareen and more than forty government officials were also in attendance. “they expressed a lack of confidence in their own government," he said. NEWS DESK
Pakistan reports 100 Covid-19 deaths for second consecutive day ISLAMABAD Staff rEport
the nation recorded 100 deaths from coronavirus over the past 24 hours for a second consecutive day during the ongoing third wave of the pandemic, the Ministry of National health services (Nhs) said on saturday. the nation had registered 103 deaths on april 5, 102 on april 6, and 105 on april 9, which were the record numbers since December last year. With fresh fatalities, the nationwide death toll reached to 15,329. Meanwhile, the government portal reported 5,139 new infections of the coronavirus after conducting 49,069 tests, receiving back a positivity rate of 10.47 per cent. It was the third day in a row, in which the country reported more than 5,000 cases. the new cases pushed the total caseload to 715,968. some 627,561 patients have so far recovered, whereas the number of active cases reached to 73,078. the country recovery ratio dropped from 95 per cent to 87.7 per cent while the fatality ratio also increased to 2.1 per cent, according to
the two in March in the light of findings of the sugar inquiry commission that had accused several sugar producers — including tareen — of “underreported sales and fraud”. tareen had rejected the “fabricated” charge sheet and denied any wrongdoing. speaking to reporters, tareen said, “conduct an inquiry [into the scam] by all means. But the team probing the charges is not impartial. It is carrying out the investigation on someone’s directions.” “I demand that a fair team be constituted for the investigation which is not mired in controversy and works according to the law, and not on someone’s phone call,” he said without mentioning any names.
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Akram calls for addressing inequality crisis, mobilising financing for recovery from Covid-19 STORY ON BACK PAGE
fraud case registered against pMl-N's Mohsin shahnawaz, 5 others STORY ON PAGE 02 the data. Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus patients in sindh has reached to 268,284 while 4,523 people have died in the province so far. the total number of coronavirus patients in punjab is 245,923 and 6,908 people have died due to the virus, while the total number of patients in Balochistan is 20,178 and the death toll is 213. In khyber pakhtunkhwa (kp), the number of coronavirus patients have been recorded at 97,318 with 2,586 deaths while in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), 5,103 cases have been reported while 103 people have lost their lives to the disease.
according to the portal, the total number of coronavirus patients in Islamabad is 64,902 and 601 patients have died from the virus so far. NCOC EXTENDS CURBS TILL APRIL 13: Meanwhile, owing to the ongoing third wave, the National command and operation centre (Ncoc) decided to extend restrictions in place till april 13 to stem the spread of the deadly virus. a meeting of the Ncoc was held under the chairmanship of federal Minister for planning asad umar, who also heads the Ncoc, during which the inoculation campaign in ramazan was discussed.
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Pakistan, IMF agree to establish asset declaration system STORY ON PAGE 03 in today’s issue
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