PAS grassroots leader Mohamad Sabu has won the PAS deputy post in the Islamic party’s most hotly-contested polls to date.

In a surprise victory, Mohamad ousted two ulama (religious scholars) candidates in the election - the three-term incumbent Nasharudin Mat Isa and a last-minute challenge from Pahang PAS commissioner Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Mohamad, who has succeeded in his second go at the number two position, is the first non-ulama to hold the post for two decades...