Summary The polling began at 8am and will be continued until 5pm without any pause.
BADIN (Dunya News) - Voting is underway at 37 polling stations for by-elections in Badin’s PS-59 constituency today (Tuesday).
The polling began at 8am and will be continued until 5pm without any pause.
A total of 4485 citizens will exercise their voting right in today s by-polls.
Elaborate security arrangements have been ensured by the district government with some 300 policemen, 200 commandos and Rangers personnel deployed inside and outside the polling stations.
Twenty-five polling stations have been declared highly sensitive and twelve sensitive.
The PS-59 seat fell vacant after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Ismail Rahu filed a rigging petition against victorious Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nawaz Chandio.
Election tribunal ordered re-election in the constituency.
PPP candidate challenged the verdict in Supreme Court (SC) but the court announced to restore tribunal’s decision and directed to hold elections at 37 out of 120 polling stations.
