KARACHI: (APP) Polling for by-elections in constituency PS-127 of Sindh Assembly is underway on Thursday.
The polling began at 8 am and will continue till 5pm without any interruption. There are total 207,467 registered voters in the constituency, out of which as many as 91,355 are women.
The ECP has established total 134 polling stations. Around 116 polling stations have been declared as most sensitive.
Heavy contingents of Police and Rangers have also been deployed to maintain the law and order situation and ensure free and fair polling process.
The seat fell vacant when former MPA Ashfaq Mangi quit the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to join Mustafa Kamal-led Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP). He also resigned from the Sindh Assembly seat.