Bilawal's dream to get Lahore throne shattered as Tarar clinches NA-127
Pakistan
PPP chairman could only get 15,005 votes and lost the seat with a huge margin
LAHORE (Web Desk) - The dream of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to win election from Lahore was shattered despite the fact that the party tried hard to clinch his seat from the provincial capital.
PML-N firebrand leader Attaullah Tarar grabbed the NA-127 seat by securing 98,210 votes. PTI-backed Zaheer Abbas Khokhar got 82,230 votes and stood at number two.
Shockingly, PPP chairman could get only 15,005 votes and lost the seat with a huge margin.
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However, Bilawal won his seat from his constituency Larkana with a comfortable majority.
Alhamdullilah Alhamdullilah
— Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) February 9, 2024
این اے 127 کی عوام نے بھاری مارجن سے کامیاب کروایا ۔ شکریہ ادا کرتا ہوں اور وعدہ کرتا ہوں کہ انشاء اللہ کبھی مایوس نہیں کروں گا اور وعدوں پر پورا اُتروں گا#Na127sherka pic.twitter.com/YCy69rmhKq
The electioneering in NA-127 remained talk of the town as Bilawal entered in the political field of Lahore following the footsteps of his mother Benazir Bhutto and grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
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Lahore is the city where the PPP was founded by Bhutto in November 1967. Both Benazir Bhutto and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had won election from Lahore but the third generation of Bhutto dynasty failed to make any impact in the historical city.
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Earlier, PPP ran an aggressive campaign for Bilawal in NA-127 as the party’s leaders from Sindh also camped in Lahore for several days.
The exchange of harsh words between PPP and PML-N leaders was also seen in the constituency as Atta Tarar has alleged that votes were being bought in the constituency.
