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