Bigwigs vacate additional seats

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Several newly elected members of the National Assembly who won more than one seat in the general elections on Saturday withdrew from additional seats.

According to details, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan vacated his NA-71 Mianwali and NA-1 Peshawar seat and decided to keep the NA-56 Rawalpindi seat.

Similarly, Javed Hashmi took oath for NA-149 and vacated his seat from NA-48 Islamabad.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif took oath for the NA-120 Lahore seat, vacating his seat of NA-68 Sargodha.

Another PML-N leader Khawaja Asif decided to keep his NA-110 seat and withdrew from PP-123.

Sadruddin Rashidi, a Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) leader, withdrew from NA-235 and decided to keep NA-215.

Furthermore, Shahbaz Sharif surrendered his NA-139 seat and two provincial seats. Similarly, former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister and Awami National Party (ANP) leader Amir Haider Hoti vacated his provincial seat PK-23 and Pir Sadruddin Shah has quit NA-216. KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak also quit his national assembly seat from Peshawar.