KARACHI: At around 9:30am, workers of two groups clashed at a public school in Chanesar Goth when a Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Saeed Ghani was refused entry into a polling station despite ‘having an EPC letter’.
After the incident took place, voting was briefly suspended at polling stations 79, 85, 86, 87 and 90, established inside Owais Qarni public school.
Clashes between PPP and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan workers were also reported from Defence View locality.
Rangers reached the scene of the incidents to control the situation, following which voting resumed.
The polling for by-election in the Provincial Assembly constituency PS-114 is underway on Sunday (today) in Karachi. The voting started at 8 am and is expected to continue until 5 pm.
As per details, strict security measures are in place with section 144 has been imposed in the constituency. Moreover, besides police, around 2,000 Rangers personnel have been deployed in and around the polling stations.
The celebration before the opponent’s camp and display of weapons has also been banned under the section 144.
There are a total of 193,000 registered voters in the constituency, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The constituency comprises the localities of Mehmoodabad No 1 to Mehmoodabad No 6, Chanesar Goth, Manzoor Colony, Akhter Colony, Azam Basti, Kashmir Colony, Defence View and the KAECHS (Karachi Administration Employees Cooperative Housing Society).
DG Rangers has failed to enforce proper Security Arrangements. He needs to be sent away.
It is the first time that I saw a Uniformed Ranger being physically handled by the mob.
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