GUJRANWALA:
PML-N candidate Ashraf Warraich and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate Nasir Cheema are the main contenders for the re-polls being held at PP-97 constituency’s 33 polling stations in Ghakkhar Town and Qila Dedar Singh areas of Gujranwala city on Sunday.
The polling process began at 8am and will continue until 5pm. There are 52,550 voters registered in the said 33 stations.
Strict security measures have been taken to maintain law and order situation during the elections. More than a thousand policemen were deployed to avert any untoward incident.
Nasir Cheema, who was then affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and later joined the PTI, had challenged the results in an election tribunal while leveling rigging accusations against his opponent.
Nasir Cheema had alleged that his rival had managed to cast 15 thousand bogus votes in his favour.