KARACHI: The by-elections for the NA-245 seat that fell vacant after the death of PTI’s Aamir Liaquat will be held on Sunday, August 21. (Tomorrow)
This election was originally scheduled to be held on July 27, however, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed it due to torrential rains in the metropolis.
Political parties and independent candidates made intense last-minute efforts to garner more and more public support as the election campaign, which severely hampered by monsoon rains, concluded at midnight on Saturday.
A total of 15 candidates belonging to different political parties are contesting the by-election from the National Assembly constituency 245. Among them the most prominent are Farooq Sattar (Indp) PTI’s Mehmood Moulvi, MQM’s Moeed Anwar and PSP’s Syed Hafeezuddin.
The constituency comprises Jamshed Quarters, Pakistan Quarters, Martin Quarters, PECHS, Lines Area, Soldier Bazaar, New Town, Patel Para, Garden West, Martin Quarters, Teen Hatti, PIB Colony, etc. As many as 166,869 votes were cast in this constituency.
The ECP has set up 263 polling stations. Of these, 203 are declared highly-sensitive while rest are sensitive. There are around 515,000 registered voters in the constituency who will exercise their right on Sunday.
According to ECP, the polling will start at 8am and will remain continue till 5pm.
