Voting starts peacefully in NA-122, NA-144, PP-147

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LAHORE/ OKARA: People have started thronging for casting vote in the early hours on Sunday in by-poll NA-122, Lahore, NA-144, Okara and PP-147, Lahore.

Young, old, male and female voters are peacefully casting vote to their desired political parties in the relevant constituencies.

A total of 17 candidates are taking part in NA-122 Lahore. Prominent among them are Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Abdul Aleem Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Barrister Mian Aamir Hassan of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

In NA-144 Okara, five candidates are contesting. They include Ali Arif Chaudhry of PML(N) and Muhammad Ashraf Khan Sohna of PTI.

In PP-147 Lahore, the main candidates are Mohsin Latif of PML(N), Muhammad Shoaib Siddique of PTI and Iftikhar Shahid Advocate of PPP.

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has acquired at least 500 vehicles to shift staffers and polling material for NA-122 by-election.

The campaigning for NA-122 by-poll ended on October 9 midnight at 12am. The ruling party and PTI rallied on the last day of campaigning.