HYDERABAD, Sep 12 (APP):Polling in Cantonment Board’s elections here concluded in Hyderabad at about 5:00 pm on Sunday and vote counting process was started at all 35 polling stations.
According to ECP officials, a large number of eligible voters
exercised their right of franchise in all 10 wards of Cantonment Board
Hyderabad (CBH).
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had already completed
arrangements for holding of CBH polls in a fair, free and transparent
manner.
As many as 54 candidates of different political parties including
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP),
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP),
Jamat-i-Islami, and the independents contested CBH polls for which 35
polling stations and 130 polling booths (66 for male and 64 for female
voters) had been established.
Three major political parties, PTI, PPP and MQM-P have fielded
candidates in all the 10 wards of the CBH.
The voting process began at 8:00 am and concluded at about 5:00 pm.
The ECP and local administration have adopted strict security measures during Cantonment
Board elections.
The Police and law enforcement agencies were deployed outside polling
stations to maintain order during the polling process.
