{"id":523625,"date":"2026-01-04T08:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=523625"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:46:45","slug":"pml-ns-usama-abdul-karim-elected-unopposed-from-dg-khan-constituency-pp-289","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pml-ns-usama-abdul-karim-elected-unopposed-from-dg-khan-constituency-pp-289\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N\u2019s Usama Abdul Karim elected unopposed from DG Khan constituency PP-289"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> DERA GHAZI KHAN<br \/>\nPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Usama Abdul Karim has been elected unopposed as a member of the Punjab Assembly from provincial constituency PP-289 in Dera Ghazi Khan.<br \/>\nThe Returning Officer has also issued the official notification confirming Usama Abdul Karim\u2019s success.<br \/>\nAccording to election officials, all rival candidates in the constituency withdrew their nomination papers, after which Usama Abdul Karim was declared elected unopposed. Muhammad Abad Khan had also withdrawn from the race.<br \/>\nIt is worth noting that the provincial assembly seat PP-289 became vacant following the resignation of Sardar Mahmood Qadir Khan Laghari.<br \/>\nAs per the election schedule, nomination papers for PP-289 were to be submitted from December 10 to 12, scrutiny was held on December 18, and election symbols were to be allotted on January 1, 2026.<br \/>\nPolling was scheduled for Sunday, January 25, 2026, but the electoral process has been completed due to the candidate being elected unopposed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DERA GHAZI KHAN Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Usama Abdul Karim has been elected unopposed as a member of the Punjab Assembly from provincial constituency PP-289 in Dera Ghazi Khan. The Returning Officer has also issued the official notification confirming Usama Abdul Karim\u2019s success. According to election officials, all rival candidates in the constituency withdrew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-523625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PML-N\u2019s Usama Abdul Karim elected unopposed from DG Khan constituency PP-289<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pml-ns-usama-abdul-karim-elected-unopposed-from-dg-khan-constituency-pp-289\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PML-N\u2019s Usama Abdul Karim elected unopposed from DG Khan constituency PP-289\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DERA GHAZI KHAN Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Usama Abdul Karim has been elected unopposed as a member of the Punjab Assembly from provincial constituency PP-289 in Dera Ghazi Khan. 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