Polling for LG by-polls underway in KP

Peshawar: Polling for by-elections on the vacant seats in 65 village and neighbourhood councils in 21 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is underway amid tight security on Sunday.

The voting started at 8 am and will continue until it's completed at 5 pm.

The by-polls are being held in 21 districts including Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Khyber, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Laki Marwat, DI Khan, Tank, Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Swat, Shangla, Malakand, Upper and Lower Dir and Bajaur.

A total of 256 polling stations have been established for this purpose. Out of these 159 polling stations have been declared most sensitive and 84 have been declared sensitive.

A fierce contest is expected between ANP candidate Shabir Ahmed Raza, PTI candidate Muhammad Zeeshan and independent candidate Ahmed Ali on neighbourhood council Bicket Ganj-1. Also, PML-N candidate Abbas Khan, JUI-F candidate Mukhtiar Ali and PTI’s Rahim Shah are vying for the general seat of village council Ahmedabad, Takhatbhai.