Mother defeats son in by polls in one of the unique election in Pakistan

MUZAFFARGARH – A woman secured victory in PP-272 Muzaffargarh by-polls bydefeating her son, who ran elections as an independent candidate againsther, in a tough contest.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fielded Zehra Batool for the provincialassembly seat where her son named Haroon Sultan Bukhari came forward tocontest against her mother.

According to unofficial results of the by-polls held on Sunday, Batoolbagged 24,019 votes, while Bukhari stood second with 17,072 votes.

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