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| 2 die in clashes in Punjab |
| 2015-11-02 |
| LAHORE: The first phase of local bodies’ elections in 12 districts of Punjab was held on Saturday in a generally peaceful atmosphere but amid mismanagement on the part of election authorities, with PML-N dominating the scene. Two people were killed in Faisalabad in post-poll violence. One of them belonged to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the other said to be a supporter of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah was attacked at the minister’s outhouse. Earlier in the day, sporadic clashes between supporters of candidates on one hand and between supporters and police on the other were reported from all the districts. But there was no casualty as the ban on carrying and display of arms worked well and anyone found to be carrying weapons, particularly around polling stations, was immediately nabbed by police. In Okara, PTI activists snatched ballot boxes from polling staff, brought them outside the polling station and destroyed the polled ballots. Punjab government spokesman Zaeem Qadri said 27 incidents of violence were reported from all the 12 districts. Around 200 people were arrested, including a former PPP provincial minister Ashraf Sohna, who has recently joined the PTI. A presiding officer, Mohammad Shareef, died of cardiac arrest soon after the voting process started in a union council of Gujrat. At some places, polling staff was manhandled by candidates. |
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