PML-N worker killed, three injured in violence at polling stations in Punjab
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LAHORE (Dunya News) - A PML-N worker died while three people were injured in violence during by-elections on Sunday.
In a tragic turn of events, Muhammad Yousaf, a 60-year-old worker of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Narowal constituency PP-54, met a fatal end in a clash between supporters of PML-N and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The incident occurred at Kot Najo village where tension between the opposing political factions boiled over into violence.
According to sources familiar with the situation, a dispute erupted between PML-N and PTI voters, escalating into physical confrontation. In the midst of the altercation, members of the opposition party reportedly struck Yousaf on the head with a stick. Despite efforts to rush him to hospital, Yousaf succumbed to his injuries before getting medical assistance.
A clash erupted between workers of the PML-N and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) at the Government Primary School, Nizampura in Sheikhupura district's Ferozawala tehsil constituency PP-139.
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As firing began, women voters started running in panic to save their lives. The Ferozwala police remained a silent spectator as the activists continued to throw punches at each other. Polling remained suspended as a result of violence.
An ECP official later said in a statement that voting resumed as extra police personnel have been deployed to maintian peace.
Meanwhile, in a polling station set up in Lahore College in NA-119 constitency, PTI and PML-N workers clashed with each other. Police personnel deputed there pacified the mob.
Similar incidents were reported from two polling stations of the PP-149 constituency where the PTI and IPP workers confronted each other. It is reported that Mughalpura police took an IPP worker into custody and shifted him to a police station.
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