Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 9th Feb. Pakistan based group Samaa on Thursday reported that polling operations at various stations across Pakistan have encountered significant delays due to technical and logistical impediments, hinders the commencement of the electoral process.
Samaa reported that in Hyderabad’s NA-220 constituency, the distribution of essential polling materials remains pending, thereby prevented the deployment of polling staff crucial for NA-220’s electoral proceedings.
According to Samaa, district Returning Officer Tariq Qureshi underscored that the transmission of materials hinges upon the credentials possessed solely by the Returning Officer, comprised an ID and password requisite for system access.
Samaa said at PS-2 in Thal, polling initiation faces setbacks due to incomplete preparations at the polling station.
In Ghotki, the commencement of polling at NA-198 Dharki has been stalled due to the absence of designated agents, as reported by Samaa.
In Karachi’s Punjab Colony, polling activity remains suspended at NA-232 polling stations due to the unavailability of polling boxes alongside the conspicuous absence of polling agents.
It said that the general elections were scheduled to commence at 8 am today and will persist uninterruptedly until 5 pm.
Voters across the nation are encouraged to exercise their democratic right by casting their votes in favor of their chosen candidates, both at the national and provincial assembly constituencies.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and other prominent incarcerated political figures have cast their votes through a postal ballot from Adiala Jail, Dawn News reported quoted sources.
Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid, and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry have managed to vote by mail.
Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, was unable to partake in the voting as she was convicted and arrested after the completion of the postal voting process.
