PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa spokesperson Shaukat Yousufzai has resigned from his post to take part in the upcoming by-election here on Thursday. Yousufzai sent his resignation to KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan. “I have given my resignation as I have decided to contest from PK-23 (Shangla) as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s candidate,” he said. “To ensure transparency in the polls I have relinquished myself from the post. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) null and void PK-23’s general election result due to low turnout of women voters. The re-election on PK-23 (Shangla) is scheduled on September 10. Yousufzai secured 17,399 votes against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Muhammad Rashad Khan’s 15,533 votes.