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Women prevented from voting during NA-25 DI Khan by-elections

In a similar incident, women were prevented from voting during NA-103 Hafizabad by-elections in August.

Web Desk September 18, 2013

Women being prevented to vote during NA 25 DI Khan by-elections. PHOTO: INP

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Women voters were prevented from participating in the by-elections taking place in the Union Council Kari Shamuzi NA-25 earlier today, Express News reported.

The reason behind this is not yet known.

There are 308 polling stations where voting will take place till 5 pm.

There have been similar previous incidents in the past when women were prevented to vote. Not a single woman could cast her vote in NA-103 Hafizabad during the by-elections in August.

Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, during his recent visit to DI Khan, convinced provincial law minister Israrullah Gandapur to withdraw his support for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) candidate Maulana Asad Mehmood in the by-polls for NA-25.

Earlier the by-elections in the NA-25 constituency were postponed from August 22 due to security reasons. There were intelligence reports that terrorists could carry out attacks.

COMMENTS (6)

sashayub | 10 years ago | Reply

THIS is the state of Naya Suubah (luckily not naya pakistan)

Culture | 10 years ago | Reply They don't understand that it the tribal culture for women not to vote. This the actual fact, pick up records of previous election polls. You will see a similar trend. We need to educate the tribal men to encourage their women to vote instead of playing blame game what Molana sahib always does.