Voting begins in Pakistan by-elections

Islamabad  :  Voting started in Pakistan’s by-elections for national assembly and provincial assembly seats Thursday, officials said.

Elections are being held on 41 seats — 15 national assembly seats and 26 provincial assemblies seats — across the country, Xinhua reported.

Nearly 500 candidates representing different political parties are contesting the elections. Over 8 million people are eligible to cast votes.

The polling process began at 8 a.m. and will continue till 5 p.m.

Troops have been deployed at some sensitive polling stations to ensure security, election commission officials said.

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