MULTAN: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address the people of Lodhran today to thank them for voting in the candidate fielded by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on NA-154.

The workers convention will be held at the New Stadium of Lodhran, where a 46-feet-long, 16-feet-wide and six-feet-high stage has been set up.

Preparations for the convention went on all night, as PML-N workers danced to the beat of drums in celebration of their leader?s arrival.

The NA-154 constituency in Lodhran fell vacant after the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) former general secretary Jahangir Tareen in 2017 by the Supreme Court.

Major upset in Lodhran as PML-N wins NA-154 by-election: unofficial results

PML-N won by a margin of 27,609 votes according to provisional results

On February 12, PML-N fielded Syed Muhammad Iqbal Shah for the by-poll, while Jahangir?s son Ali Tareen contested from PTI.

PML-N?s Iqbal Shah won with 113,542 votes, while his competitor, Ali Tareen, contesting his first election on his father?s seat, attained 85,933 votes.

During the by-poll days, the district monitoring officer imposed a fine of Rs40,000 and Rs30,000 on Ali and Iqbal Shah, respectively, for violating the by-election's code of conduct by engaging in political campaigning after the deadline.

The Election Commission of Pakistan had also issued a notice to both candidates for their violations.