By Zia Ur Rehman
KARACHI: Karachi is all set to host the much-awaited by-election in its NA-249 constituency today (Thursday).
NA-249 has a population of 782,776, of which only 339,591 or 43 percent are registered to vote. There are 216,056 male voters in the area while the number of female voters is 137,935.
As many as 30 candidates are in the running for the seat, including PMLN’s Miftah Ismail and Karachi’s former mayor Mustafa Kamal. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered strict implementation of coronavirus SOPs during the by-polls in NA-249. Special staff will also be deployed for implementation of these SOPs. Last month, the ECP had announced the schedule for the by-polls in NA-249 after PTI’s Faisal Vawda resigned from the National Assembly seat, which he won in the 2018 general elections after securing 35,344 votes.
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