Polling for NA-148 Multan-1 by-election today

Multan: Polling for by-election in NA-148 Multan-1 will be held today. Polling will start at 8am and continue till 5pm without any interval.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the district administration have completed all the arrangements for free, fair and transparent elections in this constituency.

The seat had fallen vacant after the election of PPP leader and former prime minister Syed Yusouf Raza Gilani as Senator. Mr Gilani is now the Senate Chairman.

Yousaf Raza Gillani's son Ali Qasim Gilani and Barrister Malik Taimur, who is backed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s support, will contest for the National Assembly seat.