Firing incidents disrupt by-polls
KARACHI: Polling for by-elections on six National Assembly seats and four seats of the provincial assemblies is underway for which strict security measures have been taken to avoid any unpleasant...
February 25, 2012
According to the details, irregularities and incidents of firing were reported in various constituencies during the polling.
In NA-168 constituency of Vihari exchanged of firing took place between rival groups, resultantly two kids among three people were injured. Police have arrested seven accused involved in firing incident.
In NA 140 Kasur constituency, two groups exchanged fire that put a halt to polling process while police and Rangers reached the spot to take control of the situation.
Some political workers displayed arms at different polling stations in Badin while women were restricted to cast their votes in Mianwali constituency.
Fake voters were spotted in NA 195 Rahim Yar Khan constituency where voting was done against fake or expired identity cards. The voters' lists were allegedly changed in the constituency that sparked protest from the polling agents and voters. However, Assistant Election Commission Noor Leghari insisted that voters' lists were not changed.
