PTI retains Aamir Liaquat Hussain’s vacant NA-245 seat in by-poll

A voter at a PTI camp outside a polling station during the NA-245 by-poll. — NNI

• Unofficial results from 263 polling stations show PTI's Mehmood Maulvi emerged victorious in NA-245 by-poll.
• MQM-P's Mueed Anwar comes in second place with 13,193 votes.
• In 2018, PTI's Aamir Liaquat beat Dr Farooq Sattar after securing 56,673 votes.

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KARACHI: PTI has retained the NA-245 seat of Karachi on Sunday in the by-poll held for the election of the constituency’s new lawmaker after the seat fell vacant following the death of Aamir Liaquat Hussain, who was elected on a PTI ticket in 2018.
The polling process started at 8am and continued till 5pm today (Sunday). However, the polling time was extended by an hour at Polling Stations 55, 143 and 144. Aamir Liaquat beat Dr Farooq Sattar in 2018 after securing 56,673 votes. Unofficial results from 263 polling stations showed PTI's Mehmood Maulvi secured the seat with 29,475 votes.

MQM-P's Mueed Anwar was in second with 13,193 votes, TLP's Muhammed Ahmed Raza secured 9,836 votes, Farooq Sattar bagged 3,479 votes and MQM-H came last with 1,177 votes.

As per the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) the voter turnout was 11.8% in the by-poll.

The polling for the by-poll was held amid strict security on the 263 polling stations. Out of the 263, 60 were declared sensitive and 203 most sensitive.
The by-poll in this constituency was scheduled for July 27, however, the ECP postponed the election owing to the lashing rains in the metropolis. PTI leader Ali Zaidi said that results showed who the people of Karachi are supporting. “This was a difficult contest due to the rains. The whole city is destroyed yet people came out to vote,” said the PTI leader. 

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Ukraine's Usyk retains boxing titles after beating Joshua in Saudi rematch

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Oleksandr Usyk beats Britain's Anthony Joshua on a surprise split points decision after 12 hard rounds to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight boxing belts in Jeddah.

The fight was watched on free-to-air TV by millions of Ukrainians living under the Russian offensive. (AFP)

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk has won his rematch against Anthony Joshua by split decision to retain his world heavyweight boxing titles in just his fourth fight in the division in Saudi Arabia. Usyk, 35, who dismantled the defending champion in London last year, faced an improved Joshua on Sunday but outboxed him once again to set up a potential unification bout with Britain's Tyson Fury. "I want to thank God for the help that he gave me today," Usyk told the crowd at the 12,000-seat King Abdullah Sports City Arena in Jeddah. "I give this victory to my country, to my family, to my team and to all the military who are defending the country," he added. The fight was watched on free-to-air TV by millions of Ukrainians living under the Russian offensive.  Usyk signed up to fight for his country before accepting the rematch. An angered Joshua peppered his post-match speech with expletives despite the presence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The judges scored it 113-115, 115-113 and 116-112 for Usyk as Joshua narrowed the gap but was still found wanting. Joshua, the 6ft 6ins two-time world champion is left staring at an impasse in his career after his third defeat in his 12th straight title fight left him with figures of 24-3-0.
Joshua, accused of hesitancy in their first fight in London, was the early aggressor by round two as he repeatedly landed his big right hand. Source: AFP

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