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Polling starts on LG by-polls in KP

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A tribesman ballot casts his vote in a polling station for the first provincial elections in Jamrud, a town of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on July 20, 2019. - Pakistan's tribal areas held their first ever provincial elections on July 20 amid high security, a key step bringing the northwestern region into the political mainstream after years of turmoil fuelled by militancy. (Photo by ABDUL MAJEED / AFP)

PESHAWAR: Local government by-polls on vacant seats of different categories in 65 villages and neighbourhood councils in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has started.

The polling started at eight in the morning and will continue till five in the evening without any break.

The by-elections will be held in 21 districts including Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Khyber, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Laki Marwat, DI Khan, Tank, Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Swat, Shangla, Malakand, Upper and Lower Dir and Bajaur.

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256 polling stations have been established for this purpose. 159 polling stations have been declared extremely sensitive, while 84 as sensitive polling stations.

Senior police officials confirmed the deployment of security forces at polling stations to maintain law and order and guarantee a peaceful voting experience

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