KARACHI – Former National Assembly speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has faced theworst setback of her life as she was defeated at home ground for the firsttime ever in her political career.
She suffered a defeat in PS-73 (Badin-IV) after the recounting process inthe Sindh Assembly constituency was finally completed.
Dr Mirza, who contested the July 25 elections from PS-73 and NA-230 on aticket of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), had won the NA seat but lostto PPP’s Taj Muhammad Mallah in PS-73. However, she had rejected theresults citing “massive rigging and electoral irregularities”.
Mallah was declared winner against Dr Mirza with a 280-vote lead. He hadpolled 37,645 votes against her 37,364 votes.
On Dr Mirza’s request, a recounting process was started in PS-73 that wasmarred by heated arguments between opposing parties. However, it emergedtoday that Mirza had lost to Mallah by 896 votes, as she received 36,321votes while the latter bagged 37,217 votes.