PP-84 by-election: Khushab goes to the polls after PML-N MPA s death
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Wednesday May 05, 2021
Residents of Khushab in Punjab s Sargodha district will be exercising their right to franchise today as they head to the polls to vote their preferred candidate in to the PP-84 Punjab Assembly seat.
The seat was left vacant after the death of PML-N MPA Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu, who died on March 12 from COVID-19.
The government by way of preparations, formed 10 teams that will monitor the electoral process all the way to the announcement of the results.
The PML-N, PTI and PPP are among the parties contesting the poll.
Pakistan
Wed, May 05, 2021
Candidates for PP-84 by-elections (L-R, clockwise): Sardar Ali Hussain Khan Baloch (PTI), Moazzam Sher Kallo (PML-N), Ghulam Habib Ahmed (PPP), Amjad Raza Gujjar (Independent) and Sahibzada Asghar Ali Tahiri (Independent).
The balloting process has started for the by-election in the Punjab Assembly constituency of PP-84 Khushab. The voting process will continue without any interval till 5 pm today.
The Sargodha District seat fell vacant after PML-N MPA Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu died on March 12 from COVID-19.
The government, by way of preparations, formed 10 teams that will monitor the electoral process all the way to the announcement of the results.
7 dead in road crash caused by fog near Khushab
Four children among 13 injured in the accident
KHUSHAB:
At least seven people died and 13 others were injured in a collision between a passenger van and a mini-truck amid dense fog on Wednesday near Khushab.
The accident took place on the Botala- Mianwali road. Five men and a woman were killed on the spot, while one person died later in a hospital. Four children and a woman were among the 13 people injured in the accident.
According to witnesses, the accident took place because of speeding amid the fog near Botala in Khushab district.