PTI trumps Chaudhry Nisar in Taxilla after recounting

Published May 16, 2013
Former leader of the Opposition, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.— File Photo
Former leader of the Opposition, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.— File Photo

TAXILLA: Senior Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan lost Punjab's provincial assembly seat from Taxilla's PP-7 to Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate Siddiq Khan after a recount in six polling stations of the constituency, DawnNews reported.

The PML-N lost the lone seat in Taxilla tehsil, where Nisar had earlier been declared as a winner with a 311 vote lead.

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