ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA:

Preliminary results of the Punjab Bar Council elections show a clear lead for the pro-government Ahsan Bhoon–Azam Nazeer Tarar group.

In the Islamabad Bar Council, candidates backed by the Bhoon-Tarar group won three out of five seats, while the Hamid Khan group secured one and an independent candidate claimed another.

From the Bhoon group, Abdul Rehman Hur Bajwa topped the list with 1,369 votes, followed by Aalim Abbasi with 1,351 votes, Hafeezullah Yaqoob with 1,295, Zafar Khokhar with 1,288, and Asif Irfan with 1,126 votes.

Hafeezullah Yaqoob of the Hamid Khan group was also elected as a member of the bar council while Zafar Khokhar won as an independent.

In Rawalpindi, preliminary results for five seats were announced, with Imran Khan's counsel Fai

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