By-election being held for AJK Legislative Assembly seat

RAWALAKOT: Polling is under way for the by-election on a vacant seat of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.

A total of 131 polling stations have been set up for 41,658 voters in the constituency amid stringent security. Thirty-seven polling stations have been declared sensitive and 28 highly sensitive.

The LA-18 seat was left vacant following the death of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khan Bahadur Khan.

Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Sardar Ghulam Sadiq, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Sawar Khan, PML-N’s Amir Altaf and Kashan Masood of Muslim Conference are among the contestants in the running.

Meanwhile, polling is also under way for Karachi’s National Assembly seat NA-247 and Sindh Assembly seat PS-111, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat PK-71.