{"id":28822,"date":"2018-07-23T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=28822"},"modified":"2018-07-23T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:40:09","slug":"six-polling-officers-held-for-opening-postal-ballot-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/six-polling-officers-held-for-opening-postal-ballot-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Six polling officers held for opening postal ballot papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INP<br \/>\nKARACHI<br \/>\nSix polling officers were arrested on Saturday night in the Sanghar and Sehwan districts of Sindh after they were caught trying to open postal ballot papers.<br \/>\nThe arrested officers include assistant returning officer (ARO) Qurban Ali Memon, Muhammad Saleh a clerk at the local tehsil office, senior clerk Abid Ali, junior clerk Mohammad Aslam, and two teachers Ghulam Mustafa Solangi and Abdul Aziz.<br \/>\nAccording to the spokesman of Sindh caretaker chief minister (CM) Fazal-ur-Rehman, the CM has directed the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Jamshoro and the deputy commissioner to investigate and submit the incident report.<br \/>\nMembers of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the government along with officials of the armed forces not posted in their home constituencies, jail inmates and people with disabilities have been granted the postal ballot facility by the ECP.<br \/>\nPolling is expected to begin on July 25 at 8am and conclude without any break at 6pm. The timings for the polls was revised by the ECP last month in order to ensure maximum turnout amid the summer heat.<br \/>\nAs many as 12,570 candidates will be contesting for a total 849 seats of national and provincial assemblies in the general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INP KARACHI Six polling officers were arrested on Saturday night in the Sanghar and Sehwan districts of Sindh after they were caught trying to open postal ballot papers. 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