2021-04-11 00:58:05
According to unofficial, preliminary results from all 360 polling stations of the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency, Nosheen Iftikhar has won the race with 110,075 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi received 93,433 votes.
This means the PML-N, according to the unofficial results, was able to obtain an edge of 16,642 over PTI.
2021-04-11 00:18:05
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz continued to celebrate what she termed as "victory" in the race for the NA-75 National Assembly seat in which party candidate Nosheen Iftikhar is currently seen leading by a comfortable margin, according to unofficial results from 297 polling stations.
"Nawaz Sharif's narrative has won. Whenever fair elections will take place, PML-N will win," she wrote on Twitter.
"That day is not far when the people will rule the country, not tricksters," she added.
2021-04-11 00:06:34
Unofficial results from 297 out of the total 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency are in.
According to the preliminary results, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to lead with 92,379 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has so far obtained 78,685 votes.
2021-04-10 23:56:42
Unofficial results from 271 out of the total 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency are in.
According to the preliminary results, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to lead with 83,306 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has so far obtained 70,737 votes.
2021-04-10 23:46:35
Although results from more than a 100 polling stations are yet to be factored in, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has gone ahead and uploaded a video clip of a lion (the PML-N's election symbol) walking in with pride.
"Sherrrrrr!" she wrote.
2021-04-10 23:43:39
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz has reacted to the ongoing race between PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar - who is seen according to unofficial results as leading - and PTI candidate Ali Asjad Malhi.
She has quoted a verse from the Holy Quran.
2021-04-10 23:24:33
Unofficial results from 244 out of the total 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency are in.
According to the preliminary results, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to lead with 74,992 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has so far obtained 61,135 votes.
2021-04-10 23:21:36
The presiding officers of all 360 polling stations have reached the office of the returning officer, sources have told Geo News.
Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja is personally monitoring the entire result compilation process.
Sources said that in the NA-75 by-polls this time the Election Act was followed in full letter and spirit.
2021-04-10 22:43:49
Unofficial results from 201 out of the total 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency are in.
According to the preliminary results, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to lead with 61,763 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has so far obtained 47,205 votes.
2021-04-10 22:30:06
Geo News journalist Hamid Mir has said that data he has obtained from 250 polling stations shows PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar in the lead by a margin of about 15,000 votes.
She has about 75,000 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has more than 60,000 votes, he said.
"However, data from 100 polling stations has yet to be factored in," said Mir.
He added that despite that, managing to close in a gap of 15,000 votes will be a tough task for Malhi.
Mir went on to say that although Iftikhar is in the lead, it is no small deal that Malhi has 60,000 votes and "the impact of this may also show in the Karachi (NA-249) election".
2021-04-10 22:14:24
PML-N's Ata Tarar has said that the party is either "neck and neck or winning at polling stations in lost in last time".
He claimed in polling stations where PTI has won, as per unofficial results, are where it obtained "a very slight edge".
Tarar further claimed that in one polling station, their candidate Nosheen Iftikhar, "has won by more than 1,000 votes".
He said Usman Dar's thinking and claims run in the opposite direction. "His crows are white in colour and he calls day night, and night day."
2021-04-10 21:00:07
Unofficial results from 118 out of the total 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency are in.
According to the preliminary results, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to lead with 38,200 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has so far obtained 29,288 votes.
2021-04-10 20:43:11
Unofficial results from 49 out of the total 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency are in.
According to the preliminary results, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to lead with 12,574 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has so far obtained 8,307 votes, whereas the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan's candidate has received 1,044 votes.
2021-04-10 20:39:43
Five people have been arrested following the firing incident reported from Mandrianwala.
According to police, arms were recovered from the arrest individuals' possession, and a case has been registered.
2021-04-10 20:34:38
Geo News' Hamid Mir on the same show as PTI's Usman Dar and PML-N's Rana Sanaullah said that according to Form 45 data received from 108 polling stations, Nosheen Iftikhar is in the lead with 35,091 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has obtained 26,681 votes, making it a difference of 8,410 votes.
Mir said this is the margin witnessed more or less throughout as results continue to be reported.
"The 10,000-vote lead claimed by Rana Sanaullah sahab is yet to be seen," he said.
2021-04-10 20:15:26
PML-N's Rana Sanaullah, speaking to Geo News, says that the party has pooled in results from "all over the constituency", on a union council level, and they show that the party's candidate Nosheen Iftikhar is "in the lead by 10,000 plus votes" and this is a "cautious estimate".
Sanaullah went on to say that "we have already won" by at least this margin and now just the official compilation of results is awaited.
2021-04-10 20:11:35
PTI has claimed it has received unofficial results from 50 polling stations which show that their candidate Ali Asjad Malhi is in the lead by a margin of 1,800-2,000 votes.
Speaking to Geo News, Usmar Dar said that he contacted the RO office, and he was told 15-20 polling stations report an "extremely close contest".
"What happens is that where you win, the party's polling agents are very quick to send in results, whereas where you lose by a big margin, those results are not sent in," Dar said.
He concluded by saying that the party is not claiming victory at this point.
"When we have results from 100 polling stations, a clearer picture will come forward," the PTI leader said.
2021-04-10 19:52:31
Unofficial results from 34 out of the total 360 polling stations in the NA-75 Sialkot-IV constituency are in.
According to the preliminary results, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to lead with 10,086 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has so far obtained 6,284 votes.
2021-04-10 19:34:08
Unofficial results from polling station 230 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 563 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 311 votes.
2021-04-10 19:25:29
As PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar continues to appear to be in the lead in the NA-75 race with PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi lagging behind by a significant margin, an important factor to consider is that results compiled so far and reported are from polling stations located in rural areas.
In these areas, voter turnout was low and so counting began early and results were put together faster.
Results from most polling stations in urban areas are yet to be reported.
What remains to be seen is if these polling stations will add to Iftikhar's count or help Malhi close in.
2021-04-10 19:21:15
PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is in the lead overall with 9,335 votes so far obtained, according to unofficial results.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 5,954 votes.
A total of 360 polling stations will be compiling results in the high stakes contest.
2021-04-10 19:14:31
Unofficial results from polling station 305 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 601 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 226 votes.
2021-04-10 19:12:09
Unofficial results from polling station 229 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 735 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 416 votes.
2021-04-10 19:10:59
Unofficial results from polling station 337 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 592 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 395 votes.
2021-04-10 19:09:11
PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is in the lead overall with 8,737 votes so far obtained, according to unofficial results.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 5,050 votes.
A total of 360 polling stations will be compiling results in the high stakes contest.
2021-04-10 19:06:53
PML-Q leader Saleem Baryar has claimed that it is his party that has ever done any work for the Daska constituency.
"What has PML-N done in Daska? There is no vote for the PML-N here," said Baryar.
"We have worked with honesty here. We do not know what the PTI has or has not done here after us," he added.
2021-04-10 19:03:24
Unofficial results from polling station 255 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 179 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 77 votes.
2021-04-10 19:01:57
Unofficial results from polling station 307 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 326 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 112 votes.
2021-04-10 19:00:28
Unofficial results from polling station 181 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 228 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 145 votes.
2021-04-10 18:59:12
Unofficial results from polling station 180 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 343 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 253 votes.
2021-04-10 18:57:59
Unofficial results from polling station 306show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 312 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 215 votes.
2021-04-10 18:41:57
PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is in the lead overall with 6,172 votes so far obtained, according to unofficial results.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 3,887 votes.
A total of 360 polling stations will be compiling results in the high stakes contest.
2021-04-10 18:40:35
Unofficial results from polling station 255 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 262 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 77 votes.
2021-04-10 18:39:17
Unofficial results from polling station 254 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 482 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 141 votes.
2021-04-10 18:37:58
Unofficial results from polling station 352 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 475 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 184 votes.
2021-04-10 18:36:49
Unofficial results from polling station 114 show that PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi is ahead with 438 votes, whereas PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar has received 388 votes.
2021-04-10 18:35:58
Unofficial results from polling station 345 show that PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi is ahead with 170 votes, whereas PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar has received 165 votes.
2021-04-10 18:35:05
Unofficial results from polling station 152 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 215 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 163 votes.
2021-04-10 18:33:41
Unofficial results from polling station 222 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 190 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 157 votes.
2021-04-10 18:31:53
Unofficial results from polling station 100 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 296 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 102 votes.
2021-04-10 18:30:34
Unofficial results from polling station 103 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 396 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 206 votes.
2021-04-10 18:29:18
Unofficial results from polling station 197 show that PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi is ahead with 217 votes, whereas PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar has received 168 votes.
2021-04-10 18:28:10
Unofficial results from polling station 345 show that PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi is ahead with 171 votes, whereas PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar has received 164 votes.
2021-04-10 18:26:47
Unofficial results from polling station 98 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 423 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 210 votes.
2021-04-10 18:19:59
PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is in the lead overall with 4,228 votes so far obtained, according to unofficial results.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 2,369 votes.
A total of 360 polling stations will be compiling results in the high stakes contest.
2021-04-10 18:17:41
Unofficial results from polling station 58 show that PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi is ahead with 123 votes, whereas PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar has received 46 votes.
2021-04-10 18:14:56
Unofficial results from polling station 202 show that PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 235 votes, whereas PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has received 74 votes.
2021-04-10 18:13:01
Unofficial results from polling station 345 show that PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi is ahead with 171 votes, whereas PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar has received 164 votes.
2021-04-10 18:08:29
According to unofficial, preliminary results received from polling station 256, PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is ahead with 276 votes.
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi, on the other hand, has obtained 220 votes.
2021-04-10 18:03:07
The Meteorological Department has said there is no chance of rain this evening and later tonight in Sialkot's Daska area.
Winds will blow at the usual speed and the atmosphere will remain clear.
The city will wake up to a bright and sunny morning on Sunday and no unusual rise in temperature is expected, the Met Dept added.
2021-04-10 18:06:27
Vote count from a few polling stations has started to trickle in.
According to unofficial, preliminary results from polling station 114, PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi is in the lead with 438 votes. PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar is close behind with 388 votes.
2021-04-10 17:45:48
Reports have surfaced of a brawl having broken out between PML-N and PTI workers at the Dhundeki and Govt Boys Degree College polling stations.
Police, however, said that the fight was broken up and there is law and order there.
2021-04-10 17:35:52
Rangers and police have been told to accompany presiding officers and polling staff to the returning officer's office.
2021-04-10 17:28:27
Political experts have chalked up a low voter turn out to a failure to poor campaigning efforts in comparison to last time when NA-75 went to the polls — on February 19.
That's not the only reason however. Some believe that poor governance, and rising inflation has led to low voter interest.
2021-04-10 17:21:18
PTI's Ali Asjad Malhi has not cast his vote, Geo News has learnt.
According to Geo News correspondent Ayaz Akbar Yousufzai, Malhi's ancestral village is located two kilometres ahead of Ghatiala and he was to cast his vote there.
However, he remained in the city for the most part.
Malhi did return but then when he was about 300 metres away from the polling station, he turned away to go back to the city to go to the returning officer's office where the Form 45 will soon arrive.
He and the PTI workers from Sialkot will be monitoring the results.
2021-04-10 17:17:41
According to Geo News correspondents reporting from Daska, counting is well underway in many polling stations as voter turnout was low there.
Usually queues of voters fill up polling stations after which the presiding officer allows them to cast their ballot. This time however, many stations saw no one standing outside the premises at 5pm, which is why the gates were shut and counting began.
2021-04-10 17:16:23
Voters who were inside polling stations have been allowed to cast their ballots, whereas those arriving after closing time (5pm) have been turned away.
2021-04-10 17:04:05
Polling time has ended in the high stakes NA-75 by-election and counting of votes has begun.
Voting continued uninterrupted from 8am to 5pm.
In the entire constituency, 360 polling stations were established for the exercise.
Although many candidates were contesting, a close race is expected between PTI's Asjad Malhi and PML-N's Nosheen Iftikhar.
2021-04-10 16:48:16
The Regional Police Officer (RPO) Gujranwala has said that firing was reported from Mandranwala, in the Saddar Police Station area of Daka.
The RPO said that the firing incident occurred at the camp of Fayyaz Cheema.
The police officer said that a police contingent has reached the spot and cordoned off the area.
"The polling exercise did not see any disruption," he said.
2021-04-10 16:43:44
At polling station 89, a woman stamps her vote and then makes a break for it with the ballot paper.
Women polling agents ran after her and caught her, reports have emerged.
The incident prompted a hue and cry by the PML-N polling agent.
2021-04-10 16:37:51
As time began to draw close for polling to end in the NA-75 Daska constituency, a 70-year-old man showed up on a horse in the Jharanwala area.
Babar Rasheed arrived on horseback to cast his ballot at the Ranjhai polling station.
2021-04-10 16:09:47
Police sources have told Geo News that near the City Police Station in Daska, in the Sohawa area, firing was reported.
According to the RPO Gujranwala, the matter is being investigated.
A heavy contingent of police and Rangers have been dispatched to the location. According to the information received by Geo News, more than one person was involved in the firing.
2021-04-10 15:57:18
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday urged the people of Daska to come out and cast their votes in today's by-poll.
Maryam urged the people to vote to push the incumbent government out of power.
"Your one vote can save the people from further inflation, unemployment and economic catastrophe," said Maryam in an appeal she made on her Twitter. She urged the people to tell Pakistan how they punish the "vote thieves".
2021-04-10 15:30:24
District Monitoring Officer of NA-75 Sialkot has written to the police asking them to stop MPAs and MNAs from entering the constituency.
The official said that multiple lawmakers plan on visiting the constituency and directed the law enforcement agency to ensure that those representatives are not allowed to enter the constituency as the ECP code of conduct bars elected officials from visiting an area where an election is being held.
The MPAs identified by the official were Ali Zahid, Armaghan Subhani, Zeeshan Rafiq, Naveed Ashraf, Rana Sattar, Bilal Farooq Tarar, SOhaib Ahmed, and Bilal Akber.
2021-04-10 23:59:00
2021-04-10 14:54:58
PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar has claimed that a presiding officer has caught a person casting bogus votes at the polling station 313.
The PML-N candidate told Geo News that the presiding officer himself caught the person casting the bogus vote. She added that she wants an FIR registered against the suspect.
2021-04-10 14:29:06
Mosques in Daska are asking people to come and vote in the by-poll being held for the NA-75 constituency.
As per Geo News, the announcement is being made from mosques located in different areas of Daska and is asking people to perform their national duty.
2021-04-10 14:18:27
District monitoring officer of Sialkot on Saturday sent a show cause notice to PML-Q leader Chaudhry Saleem and Special Assistant to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar for violating the ECP’s code of conduct in the NA-75 Daska by-polls.
PML-Q leader Chaudhry Saleem had visited the constituency a day before the election and announced an Rs500 million package for the area. The same was done by Awan which resulted in them getting the notice.
Both the leaders have been asked to submit their response within two days.
2021-04-10 14:00:05
PTI senator and president of the party’s Punjab chapter Ejaz Chaudhary claimed that the PML-N MNAs and MPAs are openly roaming in the NA-75 constituency with the ECP acting as a “silent spectator”.
The senator said it was disappointing that the ECP was not taking notice of the incident but remained confident that his party would win the by-poll.
2021-04-10 13:47:33
The returning officer has informed PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar was informed by the returning officer that presiding officers have been told to carry out their responsibilities with responsibility and fairly.
RO, while responding to a letter by the PML-N candidate, said that the ECP’s monitoring team was closely monitoring the polling process.
The RO had written the response after the PML-N candidate had written a letter to him over the attitude of some presiding officers at some polling stations.
2021-04-10 13:10:33
Additional police was summoned at the polling stations set up at the Postgraduate College after PTI and PML-N workers came face to face.
The workers from both parties came face to face after PTI leader Usman Dar visited the polling station to review the arrangements.
2021-04-10 13:10:30
PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar says that some people from the PPP are supporting her but believes that it will not have a huge impact on the by-election.
The PML-N candidate urged presiding officers to carry out their duties with responsibility. She urged them not to do anything which would make the election controversial.
2021-04-10 12:40:24
Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja on Saturday urged voters to cast their votes without any fear.
Raja, in a conversation with Geo News, assured the people that the ECP and the provincial election commission was monitoring the elections 24/7. He added that if any untoward incident is reported then people should report them.
For the presiding officers, the CEC asked them to share a copy of Form 45 with the election agents and also WhatsApp a copy of the form to the returning officer. He also urged the candidates of the agents not to leave the polling stations without a copy of the form.
2021-04-10 12:10:16
ISLAMABAD: SAPM Shahbaz Gill Saturday said PML-N is doing “immature politics” as the party has levelled allegations of rigging in the polling station from where they are going to lose.
2021-04-10 11:31:06
SIALKOT: PTI candidate Ali Asjad Malhi in a video statement has urged the people of Daska to come out and vote to defeat "mafia".
2021-04-10 11:25:55
Just a day before the hotly-contested NA-75 Daska by-election, PPP on Friday assured its support for PML-N's candidate Nosheen Iftikhar, as the Opposition eyes to upset the government.
PPP Central Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira has said his party would live up to its promise of supporting the candidate in the by-polls, just as it backed them in February.
"Despite differences in the PDM [Pakistan Democratic Movement], we will stand by our promise," the PPP's central Punjab president said.
2021-04-10 11:24:17
Daska is known as an industrial area, but recently it caught the nation’s attention after the PML-N and the PTI got involved in a bitter battle during the February by-elections of the NA-75 Sialkot IV constituency.
Apart from the duel, the constituency became the centre of national politics after the presiding officers of the February by-polls went missing due to fog.
Following the controversial by-election, the ECP order a re-election in NA-75. The PTI had challenged the ECP order in the Supreme Court, but the petition was dismissed and the poll will be held on April 10 as per schedule.
2021-04-10 11:24:12
SIALKOT: PML-N's candidate Nosheen Iftikhar has shared a video of a party camp in the constituency, saying the voters are coming in large numbers.
2021-04-10 10:52:39
LAHORE: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja is in Lahore and monitoring the electoral process from the ECP Punjab office, Geo News reported Saturday.
The CEC has directed Secretary Election Commission Dr Akhtar Nazir to reach Sialkot urgently and review the arrangements for the by-polls.
A central monitoring cell has been established by the ECP to address the issues faced during the polling.
2021-04-10 11:11:28
PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar has cast her vote in the NA-75 by-polls.
During polling in NA-75, the PML-N candidate visited polling station No 344 and met with several workers from her party.
Iftikhar also approached a polling agent and asked him where he was from. Interestingly, the man responded that he was her polling agent, on which Iftikhar and several others gathered there started laughing.
2021-04-10 10:49:58
The Election Commission has made tight security arrangements for the by-election to ensure smooth and peaceful polling.
More than 4,000 police personnel and officers have been deployed at 360 polling stations, while Rangers were on standby to deal with any untoward incident.
10 teams of the Pakistan Army are also in the constituency to assist the administration.
There are 4,94,003 registered voters (including 2,73,006 male and 2,20,997 female voters) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established 360 polling stations including 106 male polling stations, 106 female polling stations and 148 joint (male and female) polling stations. Also, 927 polling booths have also been set up.
The polling started at 8:00am and will continue uninterrupted till 5:00pm.
2021-04-10 10:49:54
DASKA: The PTI and PML-N are the two main parties in the hotly contested by-election of Daska.
As many as nine candidates are contesting in the said constituency including Ali Asjad Malhi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Nosheen Iftikhar of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Muhammad Khalid Sandhu (Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan) and six independent candidates—Muhammad Usman Khaild, Khawaja Asif Raza, Sumaira Islam, Syed Haider Jaffery, Syed Shah Faisal and Shamsa Saleem Bukhari.
2021-04-10 10:37:54
SIALKOT: The polling has started and will continue till 5pm without any break at National Assembly constituency NA-75 Sialkot-IV, Daska.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has made all necessary administrative and electoral preparations for holding peaceful, free and transparent elections.
There are 360 polling stations in the constituency of which 47 have been declared highly sensitive.
A close competition is expected between PTI's candidate Asjad Malhi and PML-N candidate Nosheen Iftikhar.