Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said that Larkana city was no longer a stronghold of Bhuttos after the defeat of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate in the PS-11 by-election.
Firdous, in her message on a social media website, said, “The yesterday’s by-poll has proved that Larkana is not the Bhuttos’ stronghold anymore.”
While slamming the political opponents, she said that the rhetoric of those levelling allegations of vote-rigging was punctured. She added that the recent defeat of the opposition candidate in Larkana was an eye-opener for the anti-government elements.
She said the result of the by-election was a lesson for those demanding new elections.
It may be noted here that the joint candidate of Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Moazzam Ali Khan Abbasi, had won the PS-11 Larkana-II by-election held on Thursday. The GDA candidate had also been supported by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F).
According to unofficial results, Moazzam got 31,557 votes, whereas PPP’s candidate Jameel Ahmed Soomro secured 26,021 votes.
The seat had fallen vacant after the Supreme Court ordered de-seating Moazzam over failing to declare his assets following a petition moved by PPP’s Nida Khuhro.
It is pertinent to mention here that the GDA leader had won the polls in the PS-11 Larkana-II constituency during 2018’s general election after defeating Nida Khuhro, the daughter of PPP Sindh President Nisar Khuhro, after her father was declared disqualified over the petition of Moazzam that challenged his nomination papers.