Election 2018: Large number of CNICs recovered from drain in Shafiqabad
Security personnel immediately arrived at the scene and launched an investigation into the matter.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs), in large, have been recovered from drain in Lahore’s NA-125 Shafiqabad constituency, just a day before the general elections 2018.
Getting information, security personnel immediately arrived at the scene and launched an investigation into the matter. They said that action will be taken against the culprits.
Station House Officer Mudassar Rafique said that the different addresses of Punjab are written on the cards. Punjab Interim Home Minister Shaukat Javed said that an unidentified man threw two to three bags full of cards in the nullah and fled.
He said that National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has also been informed about it.
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Its is to be mentioned here that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all the preparations for the General Elections 2018 scheduled to take place in the country on Wednesday.
Polling will begin at 8am and will continue till 6pm on the day.
The election campaign by political parties concluded across the country on Monday midnight while those found violating the law would be imprisoned for two years or fined Rs100,000.
Over 12,570 candidates are vying for National Assembly and provincial assemblies. Against the National Assembly seats, as many as 3,675 candidates are in the electoral race whereas 8,895 for the provincial legislatures.
According to the electoral rolls, 105.96 million voters are eligible to cast the vote. In all, 85,307 polling stations and 2,41,132 polling booths have been set up across the country.
Over 20,000 polling stations have been declared sensitive whereas CCTV cameras have been installed inside and outside 70 of them.
