Summary Polling began at 8:00am and will continue till 5:00pm without any break.
UPPER DIR (Dunya News) - Polling is underway in the by-election on a vacant seat in PK-93 constituency of Upper Dir.
The seat fell vacant after disqualification of former MPA Behram Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami in a fake degree case in July.
A tough competition is expected between Behram Khan’s son Malik Azam Khan and Sahibzada Sana Ullah of Pakistan People’s Party. Independent candidate Jamshaid Khan is also a strong contestant in the constituency.
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and Qaumi Watan Party are backing the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate while ANP, JUI-F and PML-N are supporting Pakistan People’s Party candidate.
A total number of 120 polling stations have been set up in the constituency for the by-polls out of which 30 have been declared sensitive and 90 as very sensitive. At least 7,000 police officials have been deployed for the by-election.
There are 148,076 registered voters in the constituency out of which 90,368 are male while 57,708 are female voters. The polling will start and 08:00am.
