PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi secures NA-124 victory against PTI’s Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan

LAHORE – Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) secured an easy victory over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan in the by-election for NA-124 constituency of Lahore, unofficial results showed Sunday evening.

The former prime minister secured a total of 75,012 votes while his rival candidate 30,115 votes only.

NA-124, a seat vacated by PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, is traditionally a constituency of the former ruling party and its allied parties for almost three decades now.

In the last general elections, PTI candidate Nauman Qaiser lost the constituency to Hamza Shahbaz who got 146,294 votes.

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