PM briefed on Nowshera by-election loss.

PESHAWAR -- Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Monday briefed on the ruling party's loss in Nowshera by-election and told that the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had 'scientifically manipulated' the polls.

Mr Khan, who arrived in Peshawar on a day-long visit, addressed the parliamentary party meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) at Governor House, which was attended by MNAs and MPAs. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman and Chief Minister Mahmood Khan were also present on the occasion, while federal ministers Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Omar Ayub Khan and Faisal Vawda made their participation through video link.

Giving details of the meeting in a video message, KP government's spokesman Kamran Khan Bangash said the prime minister was briefed on the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate's defeat in the PK-63 by-election at the hands of PML-N candidate Ikhtiar Wali Khan.

Imran reiterates resolve to uphold transparency in democratic system

'It has been known that the disqualified league [PML-N] had scientifically rigged the by-election. There is a difference of around 6,000 votes in Form 45 and Form 46,' he claimed.

The spokesman said the PML-N had brought rigging experts to Nowshera from across the province, who manipulated the election. He said the prime minister was informed that the PTI would opt for a legal course to de-seat the 'selected MPA' and retain the Nowshera seat.

MPA Liaquat Khattak, the brother of Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, who supported the PML-N candidate in the by-election and former minister Sultan Khan, who was sacked from the cabinet, were not invited to the meeting.

Mr Bangash said nobody would be allowed to steal the mandate of the people of Nowshera, adding that the parliamentary party meeting through a resolution assured the prime minister that they would elect the party's nominees for the Senate elections from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He said the parliamentarians reiterated their resolve that the vote for the Senate was a trust of Khan Sahib and they had got this mandate in the general elections for the ideology and vision of the prime minister.

According to APP, Prime Minister Khan reiterated his resolve to uphold transparency in the democratic system as his...