Pakistan

NA-250: ECP extends voting deadline till 8pm

Polling in many booths of this constituency couldn't start on time because election staff was not available.

Web May 11, 2013 Less than a minute read

polling in many booths of this constituency couldn 039 t start on time because election staff was not available photo athar khan

Polling in many booths of this constituency couldn't start on time because election staff was not available. PHOTO: ATHAR KHAN

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan extended polling deadline for NA-250, Karachi till 8pm, Express News reported on Saturday.

Polling in many booths of this constituency could not start on time because the election staff and material were not available.

Voters – young and old – waited in scorching heat for hours but in vain. The polling started only recently.