KARACHI: The by-elections are being held on two provincial assembly seats of Sindh including Karachi’s PS-88 and Sanghar’s PS-43 as well as Pishin’s PB-20 in Balochistan.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has organised by-elections on two vacant seats of Sindh Assembly and one from Balochistan Assembly. The voting began at 8:00 AM on Tuesday and will continue till 5:00 PM without any interruption.
Strict security arrangements have been made during the by-polls as Rangers personnel are performing security duty outside the polling stations while police officials are deployed inside the polling stations.
There are twenty candidates are taking part in the by-elections in Karachi’s PS-88 Malir. The main contest is expected between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Jansher Junejo and Muhammad Yousuf Baloch from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) candidate Sajid Ahmed, Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) Syed Kashif Ali and sixteen independent candidates are also contesting the by-polls.
The constituency has a total of 145,627 registered voters including 81,425 male and 64,202 female voters. The election commission has set up 108 polling stations, while 33 have been declared ‘most sensitive’ and 27 ‘sensitive’ during the by-election.
In Sanghar’s PS-43, a close contest is expected between PPP’s Shabbir Ali Khan and PTI candidate Mushtaq Junejo, whereas five independent candidates are also taking part in the polls.
In Balochistan’s PB-20 Pishin-III, the voting process has started in 113 polling stations where the election commission established 343 polling booths.
Three polling stations have been declared ‘most sensitive’, 91 sensitive and 19 normal during the polls. The constituency has 99,849 registered voters including 58,126 male and 41,723 female.
