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Shaukat Aziz Winning.
As already expected Shaukat is winning from both constituencies. Interestingly BBC urdu on radio set the news in this way, 'By-elections are being held in the two constituencies in Pakistan to get the PM-Designate Shaukat Aziz elected...'
   Three opponents were assasinated in Attock just before the elections. This shows that the dictator is ready to kill to get his candidate to win. No arrests have been made. FIR has been sealed. The car used for the assasination has remained in police use. The accused in the assasinations are the District Nazim of Attock city, who, is In-law of the Current Prime Minister. Even the Pakistan Election Commission secretery addmitted that the assasinations have undoubtedly spread fear in the voters. Voters know that if they vote against the appointed candidate they will meet the same fate.
   Supporters of the opposition candidates in Mithi were held captives for long hours and then later released. Opposition says that
read the latest here and here
In soe other news Qari Noor Muhammad dies in police custody. He was apprehended by the law enforcement agencies on thursday night from a mosque in Faisalabad. Noor was an active member of MMA Faisalabad. The body has been taken to the local hospital for postmortem and all. Read about it here.

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