Former Pakistani prime minister's wife Kulsoom secures vacated seat in poll seen as political barometer.
Source/Credit: Al Jazeera
By Asad Hashim | September 17, 2017
Lahore, Pakistan - Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's wife Kulsoom has won a hotly contested by-election seen as the ruling PML-N party's first key political challenge following the ex-premier's recent dismissal.
Kulsoom, 66, comfortably defeated the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Yasmin Rashid in the by-poll in the eastern city of Lahore, considered the Sharifs' political heartland, on Sunday, unofficial results showed.
Earlier in the day, long lines of voters were seen at many of the NA-120 electoral constituency's 220 polling stations.
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Pakistan ruling party wins key by-election in Lahore
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