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PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf has dominated the second phase of local bodies elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where its candidates also achieved victory at tehsil councils Besham in Shanga and Adenzai in Lower Dir districts.
According to provisional consolidated results issued by the respective returning officers, PTI has outclassed political rivals at Besham and Adenzai Tehsil Councils where its candidates Saeed ur Rehman with 7,662 votes and Ferooz Shah with 15,518 votes secured victory against JUIF candidates Emad Khan with 4,431 votes and Javed Iqbal with 7,966 votes respectively. Similarly, independent candidate Bilal Khan with 1,517 votes secured victory at Tehsil Council Razmak in North Waziristan tribal district against runner up JUIF candidate Ziaul Haq who bagged 1,299 votes. In Tehsil Council Pattan in Lower Kohistan, independent candidate Rehmatullah clinched victory with 7,248 votes defeating JUIF Khan Mamber who begged 5,908 votes.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday congratulated the chief minister and his party members in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and said the success of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in local bodies polls was a ‘warning to traitors’.
“The people of KP have emphatically rejected the traitors who sold out to foreign masters,” he said in a tweet.
Imran Khan termed the situation an “early warning to all traitors of what awaits them in their constituencies”.
He said, “Congratulations to CM Mahmood Khan and our PTI team for their overwhelming success in phase 2 of KP LG polls”.
