Following the validation of grievances pertaining to pilfering and destruction of voting materials, the Pakistani Election Commission issued orders for re-election at several polling places throughout the nation.
The poll organizing body completed nearly all of the difficult stages involved in holding the countrywide polls on February 8 and is currently getting ready to declare the final vote totals after more than 48 hours of compilation work.
The commission was notified by several regions of the nation about voting materials being stolen and damaged in polling places where local election officials had postponed the voting process.
The highest electoral body declared in a new order that re-polling would take place on February 15 at many polling places. Upon the conclusion of the re-polling event, the vote results from the aforementioned polling places will be made public.
The following is a list of the constituencies where re-election was ordered, along with the number of polling places:
1. Punjab — NA-88 Khushab-II
Re-elections will be held in 26 polling places following the destruction of voting materials by an inconsiderate group of people.
2. Sindh — PS-18 Ghotki-I
On election day, February 8, two polling places in the constituency will have re-polling after anonymous individuals stole voting materials.
3. Kohat-I (PK-90) — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
On election day, terrorists destroyed voting materials in the aforementioned constituency, prompting the ECP to order re-election in 25 polling places.
A investigative report is to be submitted by the regional election commissioner within three days of the highest electoral body receiving the complaints about vandalism at a polling station in NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I, Sindh.
Prior to the results being delayed, despite the electoral commission’s assurances that the official results would be released on time, a number of parties with shared legislative responsibilities in earlier administrations questioned the validity of the results.
The top electoral authority and the caretaker administration denied any intentional postponement of the final results’ compilation and release, insisting that intricate procedures be followed to guarantee transparency.
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