MULTAN – Polling for by-elections Punjab Assembly constituency, PP-218 Multan is underway, the Radio Pakistan reported.
According to a spokesman of the Provincial Election Commission, the voting that started at 08.00 am will continue till 05.00 pm without any interval.
Tight security measures have been taken for the polling in the city.
Six candidates are contesting the by-election with the main contest between the PTI’s Malik Wasif Mazhar Raan and Pakistan Peoples Partys (PPP) Malik Muhammad Arshad. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is backing PPP’s candidate Arshad.
Malik Shahid Abbas Raan, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Ramzan and Muhammad Israr-Ul-Haq Cheema are contesting as independent candidates in the by-polls.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), a total of 203,188 voters, including 111,918 males and 91,270 females, are registered for casting votes in the constituency.
The seat fell vacant due to the sudden death of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf MPA, Malik Mazhar Abbas Raan.
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