PML-N Clean Sweeps Final Phase Of LG Polls

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Dec, 2016 ) : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) clean swept in the third and final phase of local government elections 2016, defeating all other parties including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the province, according to unofficial results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan, Punjab.

In Metropolitan Corporation Lahore, all the candidates of the PML-N were elected unopposed including Mayor Col (R) Mubashir Javed, Deputy Mayors Muhammad Mushtaq Mughal, Waseem Qadir, Nazir Ahmed Sawati, Ijaz Ahmed Hafeez, Mehar Mahmood Ahmed, Mian Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Bilal Chaudhry, Haji Allah Rakha and Rao Shahab-ud-Din.

In Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation, PML-N's Sardar Muhammad Naseem Khan and Chaudhry Tariq Mahmood were elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively unopposed. In Attock, Pakistan Muslim League-Q's candidates Emaan Tahir was elected as chairman while Malik Jamshed Altaf and Sardar Muhammad Arif Khan was elected vice-chairmen grabbing 58 votes.

In District Council Bahawalpur, PML-N's Sheikh Dilshad Ahmed was elected chairman while Sahibzada Fazal Mahmood and Muhammad Javed Chaudhry were elected vice-chairmen, receiving 64 votes. In Municipal Corporation Bahawalpur, PML-N's candidates Aqeel-ul-Najam Hashmi was elected as Mayor while Munir Iqbal was elected as Deputy Mayor grabbing 28 votes.

In Bhakkar District Council, Ahmed Nawaz Khan was elected as chairman while Allah Dad Khan was elected as vice chairman receiving 56 votes. In District Council Chiniot, PML-N's Chaudhary Muhammad Saqlain Sajanka (Advocate) was elected chairman and Syed Zulfiqar Haider Shah was vice chaiman unopposed.

In DG Khan Municipal Corporation, PML-N's Shahid Hameed Khan Chandia was elected as Mayor and Sheikh Israr Ahmad was elected Deputy Mayor, grabbing 14 votes. In DG Khan District Council, PML-N's Abdul Qadir Khan was elected as chairman while Sardar Javed Iqbal Khan Qaiserani and Muhammad Ahmed Khan Leghari were elected as vice chairman receiving 106 votes.

In Faisalabad Municipal Corporation, PML-N's Muhammad Razzaq Malik was elected as Mayor receiving 105 votes while Sheikh Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Ameen Butt and Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor were elected as Deputy Mayors.

In Faisalabad District Council, PML-N's Chaudhry Zahid Nazir was elected as chairman while Khalid Pervez Virk, Rana Zulfiqar Khan and Rai Fayyaz Hussain were elected as vice chairmen grabbing 176 votes.

In Gujranwala Municipal Corporation, PML-N's Sheikh Sarwat Ikram was elected as Mayor receiving 87 votes while Salman Khalid Butt and Rana Maqsood Ahmad were elected as Deputy Mayors. In Gujranwala District Council, PML-N's Mazhar Qayyum Nahra was elected as chairman while Ijaz Ahmed and Rana Amir Nazir Ahmed were elected as vice chairman grabbing 94 votes.

In Hafizabad District Council, PML-N's Afzal Hussain Tarar remained successful on chairman slot with 39 votes, while Rai Qamar Zaman was elected vice chairman. In Jhang District Council, PML-N's Babar Ali Khan, receiving 67 votes got chairman seat while Syed Muhammad Abbas Shah and Muhammad Iqbal were elected as vice chairman.

In Kasur District Council, PML-N's Rana Sikandar Hayat was elected as chairman grabbing 117 votes while Uzair Ahmad and Malik Ijaz Ahmad Khan were elected vice chairmen. In Khanewal District Council, PML-N's Engineer Muhammd Raza Sargana, grabbing 127 votes occupied on the seat of chairman while Choudhary Zia-Ur-Rehman and Taimoor Ahmad Khan Daha grabbed vice chairmen slots.

In Layyah District Council, PML-N's Malik Muhammad Umar Ali Aulakh, grabbing 53 votes remained winner on chairman slot while Noor Mehboob was elected as vice chairman. In Lodhran District Council, PML-N's Mian Rajan Sultan Pirzada got chairman slot with 76 votes while Mudassir Jahanzeb Shah and Mian Muhammad Zeshaan Murtza Jhandeer were elected as vice chairmen.

In Mandi Bahauddin District Council, PML-N's Mian Rajan Sultan Pirzada getting 76 votes elected as chairman while Mudasar Jahanzeb Shah and Mian Zeshan Murtaza Jhandeer were elected as vice chairmen.

In Multan Muncipal Corporation, PML-N's Naveed Ul Haq was elected as Mayor receiving 71 votes while Munawar Ehsan Qureshi and Saeed Ahmad were elected as Deputy Mayors. In Multan District Corporation, PML-N's Dewan Syed Muhammad Abbas Bukhari was elected as chairman grabbing 99 votes while Rana Shehzad Ahmed Noon, Syed Wajid Ali Shah, Malik Sarfaraz Ahmed Khore and Malik Zulfiqar Ali Dogar were elected as vice chairmen.

In Muzaffargharh District Council, PML-N's Muhammad Umer Khan was elected as chairman grabbing 117 votes while Malik Ghulam Qasim Hanjra, Abid Mahmood Bhabha and Muhammad Iqbal Khan were elected as vice chairmen.

In Nankana Sahib District Council, polling process was stopped by the returning officer in compliance of an order, passed in ICA-1786/2016 titled as Bashir Masih Bhatti Vs DRO by the Lahore High Court on Dec 22, 2016.

In Okara District Council, PML-N's Malik Ali Qadir Abbas was elected as chairman while Rao Saad Ajmal, Sbahat Nawaz Khan were elected vice chairmen with 139 votes. In Rajanpur District Council, PML-N's Sardar Abdul Aziz Khan remained winner with 59 votes while Mirza Muhammad Shahzad was elected vice chairman.

In Sahiwal Muncipal Corporation, PML-N's Asad Ali Khan was elected as Mayor and Majid Naeem Bazmi were elected unopposed. In Sargodha District Council, PML-N's candidate Sardar Muhammad Asim Sher was elected as chairman with 124 votes and Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mazhar Hussain Shah and Syeda Gulshan Sherazi were elected vice chairmen.

In Sahiwal District Council, PML-N's Ch Zahid Iqbal was elected as chairman with 96 votes while Rana Muhammad Farooq and Rana Sajjad Hussain were elected as vice chairmen. In Sheikhupura District Council, PML-N's Rana Ahmed Attique Anwar was elected as chairman with 72 votes while Ikram Saeed Bhatti and Jahanzeb Khan were elected as vice chairmen.

In Toba Tek Singh Distrcit Council, an independent candidate Fozia Khalid Warraich remained successful with 99 votes while Irfan Azam Sipra and Syed Akhter Abbas were elected as vice chairmen. In Sialkot District Council, PML-N's Hina Arshad was elected as chairman with 125 votes and Jameel Ashraf, Raza Subhani and Malik Ziafat Ali were elected as vice chairmen.

In Narowal District Council, pml-n'S Ahmad Iqbal was elected as chairman unopposed. Ch Hassan Murtaza, independent candidate won Bahawalnagar District Council's chairmanship, in Chakwal District Council Muhammad Tariq Awan of PML-N, in Gujrat District Council PML-N's Ch Muhammad Ali Tanveer, in Jhelum District Council PTI's Jamshed Ashraf, in Khushab District Council Sumera Malik (Independent), in Mianwali District Council PML-N's Alhaj Gul Hameed, in Pakpattan District Council Muhammad Aslam Sukhera (Independent), in Rahim Yar Khan District Council PML-N's Sardar Muhammad Azhar Khan and in Vihari District Council PML-N's Pir Ghulam Mohyuddin Chishti were elected as chairmen.