In a blow to the government, the joint opposition candidate Gilani won the hotly contested general seat from Islamabad, beating Shaikh. Gilani secured 169 votes while Shaikh bagged 164 votes.
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari took to Twitter with a succinct "Democracy is the best revenge", adding: "Jiye Bhutto."
He thanked the PDM leadership and said that Gilani's win was a win for all democratic forces in Pakistan. "This puppet government has lost from its own parliament and the people of Pakistan have won."
"[Prime Minister] Imran Khan should resign, this is not only the opposition's demand but of the government's own members," claimed Bilawal.
Gilani thanked PDM leaders and said the movement had been successful in securing the coveted Islamabad seat.
PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif called the win "a glorious victory".
PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz also tweeted her congratulations to Gilani and the opposition alliance's Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). She commended the PML-N MNAs for accepting the party supremo Nawaz Sharif's stance and "refusing to bow down and sell out".
"Well done PML-N! The future is yours," said Maryam.
In another post, she claimed that "the fake mandate has been snatched back by the people's representatives".
"Their own people, despite the pressure on them, refused to vote for [...] (Prime Minister) Imran Khan," she said, adding that the premier now had no right to occupy the Prime Minister House.
"Vote chor (thief), leave the chair."
Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani congratulated Bilawal on the "historical win" of Gilani and the PDM.
PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal said after Gilani's win, Prime Minister Imran should resign tonight. "Imran and his ministers can't even cast their votes properly; how can they run a country?" he questioned in a tweet.
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