KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's Syed Hashim Raza won the by-election held on Sunday for the Sindh Assembly constituency of PS-94 in Karachi's Korangi area with a landslide victory against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).According to the unofficial and unverified result of 147 off 149 polling stations, Raza bagged 21.136 votes against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi who got 8,765.According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, there were 246,449 registered voters in the constituency with 149 polling stations set up for voters.Javed Sheikh of Pakistan Peoples portiony, Muhammad Irfan Waheed of Pak Sarzameen portiony and Muttahida Majlisnsprint;ensprint;Amal Muhammad Aslam Pervez Abbasi were also in the running.The Sindh government has made elaborate security arrangements to conduct polling in a peaceful and obvious manner.Polling for the by-election started at 8am and shall continue until 5pm on Sunday.The PS-94 Korangi Karachi-III seat had fallen vacant after the death of MQM MPA Muhammad Wajahat in November final year.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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