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Voting concluded at several polling stations in Punjab\u2019s Khushab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Kohat and Sindh\u2019s Ghotki, as scheduled by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Feb 10, the ECP had said that elections would be reconducted in 26 polling stations of NA-88 (Khushab-II) as the \u201cpolling material had been burned by a crowd in the returning officer\u2019s room\u201d.<\/p>\n
It had further said that polls would be held again in two polling stations of the provincial constituency PS-18 (Ghotki-I) as \u201cunknown men had snatched polling material\u201d allocated for those stations.<\/p>\n
Further, repolling was ordered in 25 polling stations of PK-90 (Kohat-I) because the \u201cpolling material for 15 polling stations was damaged by terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n
Polling began in the three constituencies at 8am today and concluded at 5pm. The ECP spokesperson confirmed in a post on X at 9:30am that polling peacefully was under way in 53 polling stations in the three constituencies.<\/p>\n
In Khushab\u2019s NA-88, Sultan Ahmad of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam\u2014Fazl (JUI-F) is contesting against<\/a> Jamaat-i-Islami\u2019s (JI) Mohammad Waris and PTI-backed independent Muhammad Akram Niazi.<\/p>\n As repolling began in Khushab for the NA-88 seat, strict security measures were taken as ordered by District Police Officer Tauqeer Muhammad Naeem.<\/p>\n Last night, Khushab Deputy Commissioner Zeeshan Shabbir Rana\u2019s official X account had shared that the official had reviewed arrangements for the repolling process there.<\/p>\n It had also announced<\/a> a public holiday within the limits of the NA-88 constituency.<\/p>\n Earlier today, Ghotki District Returning Officer Agha Sher Zaman had confirmed to Dawn.com<\/em> that the process had begun at two polling stations of Ghotki\u2019s PS-18.<\/p>\n The ECP had previously issued<\/a> the provisional result for 186 polling stations out of a total of 188 in the constituency. The two polling stations where repolling is being held have a total of 3,309 voters listed.<\/p>\n Independent candidate Jam Mehtab Hussain Dhar is facing PPP\u2019s Shehryar Khan Shar and the JUI-F\u2019s Nasir Mehmood.<\/p>\n In a post on X, the ECP spokesperson said \u201cvoters were present at the polling station in a great number\u201d.<\/p>\n In Kohat\u2019s provincial constituency PK-90, PTI-backed independent candidate Aftab Alam Afridi is facing<\/a> PPP\u2019s Amjad Khan Afridi and the JUI-F\u2019s Muhammad Shoaib.<\/p>\n Others in the race include the JI\u2019s Nazia Bibi and Awami National Party\u2019s Yaqoob Khan.<\/p>\n Polling in the stations located in Darra Adamkhel tribal subdivision had been halted<\/a> after they were vandalised and ballot boxes were taken away during the Feb 8 elections<\/p>\n However, the set number of \u201c25 polling stations was converted into eight due to security reasons\u201d, according to Kohat Deputy Commissioner Azmatullah Wazir.<\/p>\n He further said that strict security arrangements were in place at all polling stations.<\/p>\nGhotki<\/h2>\n
Kohat<\/h2>\n