WebExPk Affordable Hosting

Friday, June 4, 2010

By-polls at two seats of PA tomorrow

LAHORE, June 04 : By-elections would be held at two constituencies of the provincial assembly – PP-240 D.G. Khan and PP-206 Jalalpur –saturday where some 53 polling stations have been declared sensitive.

The constituency of PP-206 Jalalpur fell vacant when the elected candidate of PML-Q Naghma Mushtaq tendered resignation from the candidature when a case was filed against her of having a fake degree.

Sources said a neck to neck contest is expected at PP-206 Jalapur Multan between the PML-N candidate Nagma Mushtaq and PPP candidate Ahmad Mujtabah, brother of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

At PP-206 some 12 candidates are contesting bye-election and 19 polling stations were declared sensitive in the constituency.

On the other hand in PP-240 D.G. Khan strict competition is expected between the independent candidate Khawja Salahuddin and the candidate of PML-N Mir Badshah Qasrani while 35 polling stations were declared sensitive.

Sources said that extra contingents of police and rangers were sent to the sensitive areas in both the constituencies where polling will take place tomorrow.

No comments:

Post a Comment