People have been casting vote since morning but the turnout is low. There are 220 polling stations in the area to elect a new Minister of the National Assembly. This seat became vacant after prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Panama case verdict.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered the presiding officers to facilitate the blind, pregnant ladies and disable people on immediate bases. Along with that no political party should be allowed to set up polling camps. Secretary ECP asked IG Punjab to not allow any contestant from entering the polling station.
Bilal Yasin, a representative of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz stated to a Waqt News reporter, "PMLN will win the election. Opponents have not even setup their camp yet." He casted his vote in polling station number 61.
Dr Yasim Rashid, contestant of Pakitan Tehreek-e-Insaf, said that she is satisfied with the arrangements and happy to see the turn out. She requested the Punjab police that is deployed at the polling station, "Facilitate the public it is their right to cast the vote, instead of creating problems for them. We also belong to Punjab."
Workers of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz got into a brawl at Muzangada in Lahore.
The two groups were standing outside the polling booths when the fight started. Both were raising slogans against eachother. Police and rangers came to the rescue.
Representative of PTI and former Governor of Punjab Muhammad Chaudary Sarwar said, "There is a wrong perception that we will not accept the results of the election. We will accept the public verdict. We are confident that due to Pakistan Army's monitoring and presence in NA-120 things will go smoothly. PTI has made numerous sacrifices for free and fair elections."
A number of people have come forward with complaints that their vote is not registered in the area. They are facing difficulties in casting their voted, reported Waqt News.
There were reports that women were not being allowed to vote in NA-120, to which Law Minister Rana Sana ullah said that the reports of female voters not allowed to vote are false.
Asif Kirmani leader of PMLN with reference to the election in NA-120 said, "Imran Khan will be defeated for all times to come after this election. People will vote for PMLN and show their support for Nawaz Sharif once again."
According to Waqt News, Bio-metric machines are being used in UC 86. Nearly 250 people have cast their vote through bio-metric machines.
These machines are being used as an experiment to see how successful they are.
The by-election is being contested by Begum Kulsoom Nawaz of PML-N, Dr Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Faisal Mir of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and Advocate Ziauddin Ansari of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), among others.
350,000 ballot papers have been printed by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the constituency's 324,786 registered voters.
Extra Police and Ranger personnel are deployed at all polling stations, as ECP had declared it highly sensitive constituency.
Printing of ballot papers and transporting the ballot boxes and other election material to the polling stations, was done under the observation of Pakistan Army.
The polling will conclude at 5pm.
