N-League celebrates winning NA-55 slot

N-League celebrates winning NA-55 slot

Updated at: 2311 PST,  Wednesday, February 24, 2010  RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate Malik Shakil Awan has won the by-election held in NA-55 constituency of Rawalpindi on Wednesday, according to unofficial results. Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rashid in a press conference Wednesday night leveled rigging charges against Punjab government but said he would not lodge his complaint with the Election Commission of Pakistan. “Election Commission is helpless before Punjab government,” he said The unofficial results continue to pour in. According to unofficial results of 221 polling stations, Shakil Awan has secured a decisive lead of 73,766 votes against Sheikh Rashid who has bagged 46,022 votes in today’s by-polls. Addressing PML-N workers outside the party’s election office, Malik Shakil Awan said Rawalpindi is the city of PML-N loyalists who, he said, made the opponents an example for learning a lesson from. The total number of registered voters is 333928 in NA-55 where 250 polling stations were set up. Following the announcement of unofficial results, PML-N workers came out on streets and started dancing amid slogans in support of their party to celebrate the win.