KARACHI – Aamir Liaquat Hussian, the firebrand leader of Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf defeated the senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, Farooq Sattar in NA-245 constituency.
The PTI leader bagged 56,615 votes against 35,247 votes secured by Farooq Sattar for the seat that falls in Karachi.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has performed satisfactorily well in the elections as far as Karachi and Sindh province is taken into consideration.
On a nationwide scale, the party position is different as PTI is leading on 114 seats leaving behind PMLN which is racing to victory on 64 seats through the final results are yet to be announced.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the allegations of rigging, with the Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan contending that the practice was 100 percent transparent.