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- ↑ "PB-48 Election Result 2024 Pishin 2, Candidates List".
- ↑ /26/411 Provincial Assembly of Pakistan website Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Pakistan polls 2024: Blasts target candidates' offices, at least 30 killed on eve of election". The Times of India. 2024-02-07. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-02-07.