PTI-backed candidate for PK-17 (Lower Dir) Ubaidur Rehman has been declared successful after a recount of votes by the returning officer of the constituency, the assistant commissioner of Samarbagh, Numan Pervez.

The RO in this regard issued fresh results, declaring Ubaidur Rehman of PTI as winner with 23,229 votes as compared to Jamaat-i-Islami candidate Izazul Mulk’s 19,990 votes. Earlier, the RO, according to his Form-47, had declared Izazul Mulk as the winner in PK-17 constituency with a total of 25,124 votes against 22,981 votes of Ubaidur Rehman.

Ubaidur Rehman had challenged the results and sought a probe into Form-45 and a recount of votes at 10 polling stations. The RO issued another notification in the shape of Form-49, showing Ubaidur Rehman as the winner and Izazul Mulk as the runner-up.

Jamaat-i-Islami, meanwhile, announced to end its protest sit-in outside Timergara rest house wherein the recounting was carried out.

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