Polling time for by-election is over, counting of votes continues

Web Desk: Polling time has ended for 21 constituencies of the National and Provincial Assembly across the country, after which the counting of votes is going on.
According to the Election Commission, polling for 5 seats of the National Assembly and 16 seats of the Provincial Assembly started at 8 am and continued till 5 pm without any break.
By-elections for National Assembly seats are being held in 2 constituencies of Punjab, 2 constituencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one of Sindh.
The by-elections on the seats of provincial assemblies include 12 seats of Punjab Assembly, 2 seats of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan Assembly.
Re-polling was also held in all constituencies of PB(0) (Qala Abdullah), NA 8 Bajaur and PK 22 Bajaur were postponed due to the murder of candidate Rehan Zeib Khan.
It should be remembered that yesterday it was decided to suspend mobile phone and internet services in 13 cities of Balochistan and Punjab.
Mobile and internet services remained suspended in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, DG Khan, Tala Gang, Gujarat, mobile and internet services were also suspended in Alipur, Zafarwal, Bhakkar, Chakwal, Sadiqabad, Alipur Chatha, Kot Chatha.
PTA says that mobile phone service will be suspended in some districts of Punjab and Balochistan on April 21 and 22. The suspension of mobile phone service has been done to complete the election process in an uninterrupted and transparent manner.
On the request of the Election Commission, the federal government approved the deployment of civil armed forces and army.
According to the reports, police security first, civil armed forces second and Pakistan Army personnel continued to perform duties in the third Hesar.
According to the Election Commission spokesperson, an Election Monitoring and Control Center was established for the by-elections 2024, and the people were given the facility to contact and file complaints regarding the election.