KARACHI: A presiding officer (PO) was allegedly abducted from Karachi’s Baldia Town after the polling ended in the second phase of local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad, a private TV channel reported.
According to details, a presiding officer of polling station No. 1 of Baldia Town’s UC-12 was allegedly abducted after a clash broke out between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Meanwhile, the police reached the spot and launched an investigation into the incident.
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Rabistan Khan was detained after a scuffle broke out between workers of his party and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar area.
PPP candidate, named Bilal Rehmani, for Union Council (UC) 12 Chairman – son of MNA Shahida Rehmani – was allegedly beaten.
In a video statement, Hilal Rehmani said that he and his associates were attacked by PTI workers when they reached the polling station. “The PTI workers were beating us despite being stopped by the police,” he added.
