Mazari alleges PTI female workers being removed from polling stations

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari on Sunday alleged that PTI's female supporters are being removed from polling stations and votes are forcibly being cast by 'others' in the ongoing Punjab by-elections.

While the former minister didn't give any details on who was casting votes instead of party female workers, Mazari said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) voters were nowhere to be seen around the polling stations only vandals were present.

She made these comments while talking to media personnel in Islamabad and furthered that: "The chief election commissioner should be ashamed of this."

Mazari said that the rival party will have to answer for rigging the by-polls as they have already sent police personnel behind PTI leader Zulfi Bukhari and were worried about another party senior leader Ali Amin Gandapur.

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“We will bring you under the law,” she asserted.

Mazari maintained that both male and female workers of the PTI were voting for the party, which showed that this was “an election of the future” and claimed that PTI workers were ready to compete.

“However, if violence occurs, we will not remain silent,” she added.

Polling is currently underway for 20 seats of the Provincial Assembly in 14 districts of Punjab, while Section 144 has been implemented to establish law and order in the province.

A total of 175 candidates will compete for the 20 seats of the provincial assembly, while tough competition is expected between PTI and PML-N. The total number of registered voters in these constituencies is 4,579,898.