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Polling for by-elections on 35 vacant LG seats in KP underway

PESHAWAR: Polling for by-election on 35 vacant seats of local governments in the province is underway.

Polling started at 8:00 am and will continue till 5:0pm. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz, Awami National Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan People’s Party and other parties, besides independent candidates are taking part in the elections. Apart from Peshawar, the election is going on in some thirteen districts of the province including Charsada, Mardan, Tank, Abbotabad and Kohat.

In the provincial capital, polling is going on for election on five seats, which include a district council, a town council seat and three general councilor’s seats.

A total of 38 polling stations have been set up for the elections in Peshawar. Out of the 38, 21 have been declared as very sensitive while 17 as sensitive. The Election Commission has banned setting up of camps outside of polling stations. Strict security measures have been made for the election by law enforcement agencies personnel.