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Thursday, March 11, 2010
PPP candidate wins Jaffarabad by-polls
LAHORE: Nasir Khan Jamali, the PPP candidate, defeated his rivals by a heavy margin to clinch the Balochistan Assembly seat in the PB-25 Jaffarabad by-elections, private TV channels reported on Wednesday. According to unofficial results, Jamali lead the field with 26,169 votes. Deputy Senate Chairman Jan Mohammed Jamali also cast his vote in Jaffarabad. Frontier Constabulary personnel were deputed across the constituency to maintain order and all educational institutions in the area remained closed. The PB-25 Jaffarabad seat fell vacant after MPA Rustam Khan Jamali was killed. At least 140,800 voters were registered here and 91 polling stations set up, 34 of which were declared ‘most sensitive’. daily times monitor
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