Summary The home department has declared nine districts highly sensitive during the polls.
QUETTA (Web Desk) - Polling for local government elections in Balochistan started at 8:00am and will continue till 5:00pm today (Saturday).
More than 17,000 candidates are contesting for 4,168 seats.
Meanwhile, 2,507 candidates were declared unopposed whereas no candidate submitted nomination papers on 513 local bodies’ seats in the province.
According to sources, by-elections would be conducted on the vacant seats.
5,715 polling stations and 11,847 polling booths have been established across the province.
On the occasion, 5,718 presiding officers, 15,054 assistant presiding officers and 12,376 polling officers are performing their duties.
Meanwhile, 55,000 security personnel have been deployed across the province to ensure law and order during the elections.
