KARACHI: PTI’s Mahmood Moulvi has defeated MQM-P Moeed Anwar and retained the NA-245 seat, showed the unofficial results of the by-poll.
Moulvi received 29,475 votes after count from the 263 polling stations was completed. MQM-P’s Moeed Anwar remained second with 13,193 votes. The voter turnout in the constituency was 11.8%, the Election Commission of Pakistan shared.
The seat was left vacant after PTI’s Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain death in June.