Summary At least 330 polling stations have been declared extremely sensitive
SANGHAR (Dunya News) – Polling for local government (LG) in Sanghar and Badin which were postponed earlier is underway, Dunya News reported Saturday.
The LG elections were postponed as many as four times in Sanghar. At least 376 joint polling stations have been established in Sanghar while around 1,997 polling booths.
Number of registered voters in Sanghar is around 724,000. More than 1,000 police personnel have been deployed in the district to counter any unfortunate incident.
At least 277 polling stations have been declared sensitive while 330 extremely sensitive.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday transferred its two key officials in the districts ahead of the elections for unspecified reasons.
District Election Commissioners (DEC) in Badin and Sanghar were among the 13 officials in Sindh who were transferred.
The commission stated that the transfers were in ‘public interest.’
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Sanghar’s DEC Muhammad Hajan Abbasi has been transferred to Ghotki while Badin DEC Abdul Samad Khan to Islamabad.
The elections in the second phase which were to be held in Sanghar and Badin on November 19, 2015 were postponed owing to poor law and order situation. The polling was pushed ahead in entire Sanghar while in some union councils (UC) of Badin.
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The Sindh government filed a report in the election commission stating security situation favourable for the LG polls. The commission then announced to hold elections in Badin UCs and Sanghar on January 23.
