Multan (July 19, 2012): Polling for the by-elections of a National Assembly seat (NA-151) in Multan is in progress.
The Election Commission has set up 245 polling stations and made foolproof arrangements to hold free and fair bye-elections.
The main candidates are Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani son of former prime minister who is contesting on PPP ticket and independent candidate Shaukat Hayat Bossan.
Other candidates are Abdul Mateen Qureshi, Dr Aleem Chaudhry, Mehr Ghulam Shabbir Sial, Advocate Shehla Shaheen, Muhammad Husnain Khan Bosan, Muhammad Amil Yousuf Jutt, Muhammad Abbas and Nawaz Muhammad Iqbal Khan.
For the first time‚ Election Commission is providing free transport facility to the voters in the constituency.
This facility will be provided to the voters of twenty-nine far-flung polling stations.
Polling will continue till 5:00pm today.
