ISLAMABAD   -    PTI Chairman Imran Khan, 
within a week of de-seating 
from his hometown seat of 
Mianwali, declared victorious in NA-45 (Kurram) byeelections. Interestingly, the 
PTI Chief is currently leading 
a long March (Haqiq Azadi 
March) towards Islamabad, 
demanding the government to conduct snap polls 
as early as possible. The top 
election body (ECP) yesterday formally announced 
Imran Khan victorious as he 
secured 20,748 votes. While, 
the unanimous candidate 
from Pakistan Democratic 
Movement (PDM) Jamil 
Khan bagged 12,718 votes. 
As many as 16 candidates 
Jamil Khan of the Jamiat 
Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, Sher 
Mohammad Khan of the Jamaat-i-Islami, former MNA 
Fakhar Zaman, and independent candidates Mohammad 
Zahir Shah, Sarfaraz Khan, 
Abdul Khaliq, Shah Nawaz 
Khan, Khalilur Rehman, 
Abdul Qadir, Mohammad 
Shoaib, Sadiq Khan, Jahanzeb, Niaz Badshah, Eid Gul 
Mengal and Saifullah Khan 
and other contested in the 
polls. The notification has 
also been released form 49. 
A total of 143 polling stations were set up for the 
polls and 119 were declared 
highly sensitive. The personnel of the police, Frontier 
Corps and Pakistan Army 
performed the security duty 
in the bye-polls.