SAHIWAL: Over 600 women in village 106/12-L, falling in PP-202, were allowed to to cast their votes in the afternoon when the Election Commission warned elders that entire result of the village would be cancelled.

After learning about the situation, the ECP immediately pushed its staff who made public announcements from mosques that whole village result would be cancelled if the elders stopped 636 registered women from voting.

Meanwhile, no case of violence nor any complaint of electoral rigging was reported from the Chichawatni seat.

DPO Sadiq Baloch said 14 police stations were sensitive but the situation remained calm.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2022