Roundup 3pm-5pm

Published July 25, 2018
  • A PML-N candidate has physically attacked a PTI candidate in Lahore.
  • PPP has demanded the ECP to take notice of violation of electoral rules in Balochistan.
  • A mini-jeep taking voters to polling stations in Allai tehsil of Battagram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has fallen into a deep gorge, resulting in the tragic death of four people.
  • Veteran PPP politician Farhatullah Babar has asked the ECP to extend polling time by an hour due to slow polling process.
  • Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has claimed that the ongoing elections are already controversial due to slow polling procedure.
  • A police contingent paid a visit to former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at his Multan residence and advised him to refrain from going out to cast his vote.
  • PTM leader Mohsin Dawar, a candidate from NA 48 North Waziristan, has complained that the voting procedure has been very slow in his constituency.
  • A physically challenged senior citizen has arrived at a polling station in Mithi to cast his vote and have his say in the democratic process.
  • There are reports of three people being injured in a firing incident in Dadu. Police have arrested seven, including the shooter.
  • A clash between workers of PPP and GDA has left at least five people injured in Chak No 1 near Golarchi town of Badin district.
  • The PPP has written a letter of complaint to the Election Commission, alleging rigging at the Kohisar female polling station in NA-40.
  • A burqa-clad man reportedly entered a women's polling station in Karak, Khyber Pakhtukhwa but fled after his cover got blown.

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