PML-N Candidate Wins By-Election in Pakistan's Punjab Province

The by-election was held on Sunday in NA-77 seat in Gujranwala district of Punjab province, about 80 km from Lahore. The by-election was held after the death of MP Mahmood Bashir Virk. The Election Commission announced the results on Monday. According to them, Saeed's party Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) candidate Muhammad Ibrahim Gujjar got more than 30,000 votes. PML-N candidate Rashid Bashir Virk got more than 43,000 votes. This is how he won the election. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, did not field its candidate on this seat. Pakistan People's Party and Jamaat-e-Islami also did not contest the election. Iran's US-Israel ambivalence: "Ready for talks, but will not bow down to pressure"; What did Pezeshkian say?