PTI wins PP-38 Sialkot by-election, beats PML-N by heavy margin

SIALKOT (92 News) - PTI candidate Ahsan Saleem Baryar won the PP-38 Sialkot by-election and beat PML-N's Tariq Subhani with heavy margin.

According to unofficial results, PTI's Baryar received 62,657 from 165 polling stations, while PML-N's Subhani was able to secure 56,353 votes.

Although eight candidates were in the race, the real competition was between the PTI and PML-N candidates.

During polling, five people were arrested for displaying weapons and violating Section 144 in the constituency, a police spokesperson said.

Officials arrested Rizwan, Asim, Saleem Zafar, Rukhsar, and Ali Najam, while they also recovered weapons and several rounds from them, the spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, District Police Officer Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani said no one would be allowed to take the law in their hands and vowed to take strict action against such elements.

The seat had fallen vacant after PML-N's Akhtar Subhani passed away. The polling kicked off at 8am and continued unremittingly till 5pm, however, polling process in some areas was affected by the rain.