Election 2018: ECP Receives First Complaint On Polling Day

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Election 2018: ECP receives first complaint on polling day

The PTI has pasted large sized pena flexes on the road.

Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 25th July, 2018) Polling has begun all across the country for general elections 2018.

According to media reports, the complaint cell of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received the first complaint on polling day from Punjab.

A citizen from PP-53 Ghakkar Mandi has complained that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has pasted large sized pena flexes on the road.

According to the ECP officials, the complaint has been forwarded to the deputy commissioner concerned.

About 1,1673 candidates are vying for 270 national and 570 provincial assemblies seats.

Election has been postponed on two National Assembly and six provincial assemblies seats, while one provincial assembly candidate has been declared winner unopposed. The polling in NA-60 Rawalpindi has been postponed due to disqualification of PML-N candidate Hanif Abbasi, while the election in NA-03 Faisalabad has been put off due to the death of independent candidate Mirza Muhammad Ahmed Mughal.

Election on six provincial Constituencies including PK-78, PP-87, PP-103, PS-87, PK-99 and PB-35 have also been postponed due to the death of candidates.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has established 83,307 polling stations across the country, of which 17,000 have been declared sensitive. Some 23,424 polling stations are for males and 21,707 for females, besides 40,133 combined polling stations and 43 improvised polling stations have been set up.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses