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Close contest expected between PPP and independent candidate in Saturday’s Skardu by-election

From Dawn · () English

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  • Voters in Gilgit-Baltistan’s GBA-09 constituency will choose a representative in a by-election expected to produce a close contest.
  • PPP is fielding Akhtar Abbas after a court disqualified his father, Fida Muhammad Nashad, who had been declared the winner in the June polls.
  • Polling will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for about 33,000 voters, with officials saying preparations are complete.

A closely fought by-election is expected in Skardu on Saturday, with the PPP and an independent candidate at the center of the contest.

The vote in the GBA-09, or Skardu-III, constituency was called after the Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court disqualified PPP candidate Fida Muhammad Nashad. Nashad had been notified as the returned candidate after the June polls.

His son, Akhtar Abbas, is now contesting on the PPP ticket. Mohammad Ajmal is running for the PML-N, while former minister Mohammad Saleem is standing as an independent. He is among 10 candidates who filed nomination papers.

The election schedule sets polling from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A total of 33,000 voters are expected to cast ballots. In a statement on Friday, GB Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan said security arrangements, polling staff deployment and other preparations had been completed.

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