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PML-N leads other parties in initial unofficial results of Gilgit-Baltistan polls

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ANI Karachi
Last Updated : Jun 09 2015 | 1:42 PM IST

The initial unofficial results of the elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly in Pakistan indicate that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party is ahead of other parties.

According to the Dawn, the initial unofficial results show the PML-N winning seven of the 24 GBLA seats.

Former GB chief minister Syed Mehdi Shah of the PPP lost the GBLA-7 (Skardu-1) seat where PTI's Raja Jalal Huss­ain Maqpoon was leading with 3,219 votes with PML-N's Haji Akber Taban having secured 3,166 till midnight.

In Gilgit, Advocate Iqbal of the PML-N won the GBLA-3 seat and Mohammad Ali and Rizwan Ali of MWM GBLA-4 and GBLA-5, respectively.

PML-N candidate Muham­mad Wakeel won the GBLA-18 (Diamir) seat. Amjad Hus­sain of the PPP was leading in GBLA-1 and PML-N candidates Hafeezur Rehman and Mir Ghazanfar were ahead in GBLA-2 and GBLA-6.

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First Published: Jun 09 2015 | 1:30 PM IST

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