The polling is under way at by-election on a vacant seat in constituency PK-93 Upper Dir, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
At least 120 polling stations have been set up in the constituency for this purpose out of which 30 have been declared sensitive and 90 as very sensitive. Four candidates are taking part in the elections.
The seat fell vacant after disqualification of former MPA Behram Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami in a fake degree case in July.
There are 148,076 registered voters in the constituency out of which 90,368 are male while 57,708 are female voters.
A tough competition is expected between Behram Khan’s son Malik Azam Khan and Sahibzada Sana Ullah of Pakistan People’s Party. Independent candidate Jamshaid Khan is also a strong contestant in the constituency.
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and Qaumi Watan Party are backing the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate while ANP, JUI-F and PML-N are supporting Pakistan People’s Party candidate.
