PML-N wins Multan by-election

PM greets winning candidate

  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Rana Qasim Noon has won by election in NA-153 Multan with a heavy margin, according to unofficial results. Rana Qasim Noon polled 108,000 votes while Peoples' Party got 30,000 and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate secured 33,000 votes came a distant second and third. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif congratulated the winning candidate. The Prime Minister also extended his congratulations and good wishes to the people of Multan for reposing their overwhelming trust in the PML-N's candidate, a PM House statement said. The people of South Punjab have given their verdict in favour of our candidate. This clearly demonstrates there cognition and appreciation of the government's policies by the people of that area. The election's result speak volumes of our performance and its due recognition by the people of Multan, the PM remarked. The Prime Minister said that people's votes determined the popularity of any political party in all democratic countries. Voters were the best judges to gauge good work done by any government and today's massive win by the PML-N candidate reflected the popularity of government's pro people policies, he added. He said the government policies backed up by all out efforts of the entire government team were focused at resolving the issues faced by the common man. We are grateful to Almighty Allah and the people of Pakistan who support us in our endeavors to transform the country into a modern developed and stable country. Our policies have removed the deprivations of the marginalized parts of the country aswe believe that Pakistan can move ahead only if each and every part of the country is included in the reformagenda, the Prime Minister stated.—APP