Polling for NA-108 by-election underway in Mandi Bahauddin

Dunya News

Local administration has also imposed section-144 to avoid any mishap.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN (Dunya News) - Polling in by-election for National Assembly constituency NA-108 is underway in Mandi Bahauddin today (Monday), Dunya News reported.

Election Commission (ECP) has set up 289 polling stations in the constituency among which 62 have been declared most sensitive.

The seat was fallen vacant after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI’s) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry was disqualified by Supreme Court (SC) in a fake degree and human trafficking cases.

According to the details, Pakistan Peoples Party (PP), Jamat-e-Islami (JI), Pakistan Muslim League-Qauid (PML-Q) and Awami Tehreek are also participating in the election however, a strong competition has been reported between the candidates of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and PTI.

As many as 4 lac 31 thousand voters would utilize their voting right during the polling.

Moreover, local administration has also imposed section-144 to avoid any mishap whereas the voting process would continue till 5pm.