*SEHWAN SHARIF: As the general elections are just a few days away, reportsof pre-poll rigging surfaced in the town of Sehwan Sharif where stamps werebeing placed on the postal ballot papers.*
The incident was reported in PS-80 Sehwan Sharif in district Jamshoro whereformer chief minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah is among the candidatescontesting elections.
The stamps were being placed in the Education Office where an official ofthe Primary Teachers Association and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) activistwas found involved in the activity.
Police arrested Aziz Rahupoto and five others in the office of Qurban AliMemon. More than 200 ballot papers were also found from their possession.The arrests was made after he was pointed by members a rival politicalparty.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has been informed of themisconduct. DIG Hyderabad Sultan Khawaja said that Senior SuperintendentPolice (SSP) Jamshoro has been tasked to visit Sehwan and initiate aninquiry.
Caretaker Chief Minister Fazlur Rehman has taken notice of the incident andsought a report from SSP Jamshoro.
Postal ballot papers are used by those who perform duties on election dayand are thus unable to vote, and instead vote in the presence of thereturning officer.