GB police register case as PPP protests Diamer-II re-polling
Voting at three stations of GBA-16 followed an election tribunal order that suspended PPP legislator Attaullah Shah's membership on IPP candidate Imam Malik's plea.
Re-polling was held on Sunday at three polling stations of GBA-16 (Diamer-II) in Gilgit-Baltistan, where the Pakistan Peoples Party is protesting against what it calls electoral malpractice by the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party.
Polling began at 8am and continued until 5pm. Voters who were inside a polling station's premises at the closing time were allowed to cast their ballots, Dawn reported.
The PPP's Attaullah Shah and the IPP's Imam Malik are the main contenders in the partial re-run. The exercise was confined to three polling stations of the constituency. It followed an election tribunal's acceptance of Malik's plea, which suspended Shah's assembly membership.
PPP supporters staged protests in Chilas, the headquarters of Diamer district, and in Gilgit city against the alleged malpractice, according to the newspaper. Gilgit-Baltistan police registered a case in connection with the re-polling, Dawn reported, without giving the section under which the case was lodged or naming any accused.
Dawn's report did not give the number of votes polled at the three stations or the result there. GBA-16 (Diamer-II) is one of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly seats in Diamer district.
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