HARIPUR: Polling for bye-election in NA-19 Haripur has begun and will continue till 5 pm in the evening without any interval.
Nine candidates including Babar Nawaz Khan of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Raja Aamir Zaman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)and Haji Mohammad Tahir Qureshi of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are in the run for the election.
Over five hundred and fifty thousand registered voters including over two hundred and fifty thousand female voters will exercise their right to vote.
For this purpose, election commission has established five hundred and thirteen polling stations.
Election Commission has adopted bio-metric system at 30 polling stations in NA-19 Haripur today (Sunday).
According to the commission, the new system will be implemented with the joint collaboration of NADRA, PTA and Ufone.
In case of success, the bio-metric system would be replicated in local government and by-elections in other part of the country.
