Six polling officers arrested for opening postal ballot papers

Author: Agencies

Six polling officers were arrested on Saturday night in the Sanghar and Sehwan districts of Sindh after they were caught trying to open postal ballot papers.

The arrested officers included assistant returning officer (ARO) Qurban Ali Memon, Muhammad Saleh a clerk at the local tehsil office, senior clerk Abid Ali, junior clerk Mohammad Aslam, and two teachers Ghulam Mustafa Solangi and Abdul Aziz.

According to the spokesman of Sindh caretaker chief minister (CM) Fazal-ur-Rehman, the CM directed the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Jamshoro and the deputy commissioner to investigate and submit the incident report. Meanwhile, members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the government along with officials of the armed forces not posted in their home constituencies, jail inmates and people with disabilities have been granted the postal ballot facility by the ECP.

Polling is expected to begin on July 25 at 8 am and conclude without any break at 6 pm. The timings for the polls were revised by the ECP last month in order to ensure maximum turnout amid the summer heat.

As many as 12,570 candidates will be contesting for a total 849 seats of national and provincial assemblies in the general election.

Out of the total 85,307 polling stations across the country, 20,831 polling stations have been declared sensitive.

Published in Daily Times, July 23rd 2018.

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