KARACHI: With a few incidents of violence and clashes among the workers of different political parties, voting is underway today (Sunday) for the first phase of local government elections in 14 districts from four divisions of Sindh. The polling began at 8am and will continue until 5pm without any pause. The 14 districts of Sindh include Larkana, Kambar-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Sukkur, Ghotki, Khairpur, Naushehro Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Tharparkar. Elections in the rest of the districts of Sindh will be held on July 24, The News reported. At least 21,298 candidates are in the field against 6,277 seats of 101 town committees, 23 municipal committees, 14 district councils, four municipal corporations, eleven town municipal corporations and 887 union councils and union committees. Election postponed in few wards over misprinting The local body elections were postponed in a few wards due to misprinting (typographical error) of the names of candidates in the ballot papers, confirmed a spokesperson of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). He maintained that the ECP will issue a new schedule for elections on the seats. The spokesperson said that the ECP has launched an inquiry in this regard. Candidates stage protest Meanwhile, several… Read full this story
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