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QUETTA: During a vote recount, two people were killed and 13 others injured in an armed clash between the supporters of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidates outside the office of the returning officer in the industrial town of Hub, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Officials said BAP\u2019s Balochistan chapter president Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani claimed victory on the Hub seat (PB-21) by obtaining 30,\u00ad910 votes according to unofficial results against PPP\u2019s Ali Hassan Zehri, who challenged the result and sought recount of votes.<\/p>\n
However, on the PPP candidate\u2019s complaint, the election commission held the result of PB-21 and ordered recount of votes.<\/p>\n
Supporters of Mr Zehri also staged a sit-in in front of the returning officer\u2019s office, alleging that Mr Bhootani did not win the seat. Later, the supporters of Mr Bhootani also arrived at the office of the returning officer, located at Civic Centre, during the recount of votes.<\/p>\n
In the first phase, votes of nine polling stations were recounted, but as the recounting of 30 other polling stations was under way, the returning officer had to be shifted to hospital in the middle of the recount when he complained of some health issue.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, officials said, supporters of both sides attempted to enter the Civic Centre and clashed with each other. During the clash that continued for two hours, the officials added, gunshots were fired, leaving several people wounded.<\/p>\n