Security Plan Finalized For PK-97, 99 By-polls: DPO

District Police Officer (DPO) Zahoor Babar Afridi Wednesday finalized security plan for by-poll scheduled for October 14, in two constituencies PK-97 and PK-99 DI Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

DIKHAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Oct, 2018 ) :District Police Officer (DPO) Zahoor Babar Afridi Wednesday finalized security plan for by-poll scheduled for October 14, in two Constituencies PK-97 and PK-99 DI Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The city has been divided into five sectors including City Circle, Saddar, Kulachi, Daraban and Parowa Circles where polling would be held from 8am to 5 pm.

Aghaz Ikramullah Gandpur, son of late Ikram Khan Gandapur would contest by-poll on PTI ticket from PK-99 while Fatehullah Khan Miankhel would be his rival who would contest the poll as an independent candidate.

The Election Commission has set up 45 male, 40 female and 65 joint polling stations in the constituency, with a total 441 polling booths.

The police have declared 78 polling booths highly sensitive, 66 sensitive and six normal.

The total registered voters in PK-99 are 157641 including 91505 males and 66136 females.

In PK-97 the total registered voters are 154483 including 83883 males and 70600 females. A total 137 polling stations have been set up in the constituency with 232 male polling booths and 195 females polling booths.

The police have declared 12 polling booths highly sensitive, 99 sensitive and 26 normal. As many as 2000 police personnel would perform security duty during the polling process.

Faisal Amin Gandapur of PTI who is brother Federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur and PPP parliamentarian's Farhan Afzal Dhap would be rival candidates from PK-97. JUI-F candidate Obaidur Rehman who has already withdrawn his nomination papers in favour of PPPcandidate would be supported by JUI-F vote bank.