KARACHI: The first phase of local body elections in 14 districts of Sindh has begun today (Sunday).
In the first phase, elections are being held in 14 districts of Larkana, Sukkur and Shaheed Benazirabad Divisions.
According to our Hyderabad Correspondent, the local governments’ elections will be conducted in Umarkot, Tharparkar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar and Naushehro Feroze, Larkana, Kanbar- ShahdadKot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kahmor, Sukkur, Ghoki and, Khairpur.
The polling that started 8:00 am in the morning will continue till 5:00 pm in the evening without any break.
According to the Commissioner Mirpurkhas division, Sindh police and Rangers Jawans have been deployed outside the stations to ensure a peaceful environment.
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The data shared by the Election Commission of Pakistan says that there are 11,643,582 — 6,331,383 males and 5312,199 females — registered in four divisions who will be eligible to cast vote from 8am to 5pm.
After remaining under doubts for many weeks due to efforts of major political parties to delay the process on different grounds, the local bodies (LB) polls in Sindh are finally taking place after the Sindh High Court on Friday dismissed the petitions of major opposition parties seeking postponement of local government elections in four of the six divisions of the province.
