Voting concludes for by-polls in Rajanpur’s NA-193 | The Express Tribune

Polling for Rajanpur’s NA-193 constituency was held on Sunday.

The seat fell vacant after the death of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) member of the National Assembly Sardar Mohammad Jaffar Khan Leghari.

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the polling, in which 379,204 voters exercised their right to vote, began at 8 am till 5 pm without break.

A total of 237 polling stations were set up in the constituency out of which 169 were declared “B grade” while 69 polling stations were said to be sensitive.

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In the by-election, PML-N’s Ammar Awais Leghari, PTI’s Mohsin Leghari, PPP’s Akhtar Hasan Gorchani and TLP’s Muhammad Mehmood are facing each other.

According to a police spokesman, strict security arrangements were made and more than 2,500 policemen and officers performed their duty while soldiers of the Pakistan Army and Rangers were present to help the police.

Moreover, there was a complete ban on carrying mobile phones inside the polling station.

Earlier this month, the army had declined troops for election duty after the ECP had requested for soldiers for security and judicial officers for conducting voting in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

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However, the General Headquarters (GHQ) agreed to provide troops for Rajanpur’s by-polls.

“Given limited deployment needs, Pakistan Rangers Punjab troops can be provided in 2nd Tier (QRF mode) for the conduct of National Assembly by-election in Rajanpur on February 26,” the General Headquarters (GHQ) had said in a letter addressed to the interior secretary.