OKARA City News

PML-N losing candidate with
supporters stages demo against rigging
From Our Correspondent
OKARA: A PML-N losing candidate for Ward No-42, Imran Younus, along with his hundreds of supporters staged a demonstration against rigging.
The protesters blocked Okara-Faisalabad Road and accused winning candidate Amjad Javed (independent) of rigging the elections.
On information, A-Division police reached the spot and restored traffic after negotiation of one hour.
Meanwhile, three election-related quarrels FIRs were registered at different police stations.
B-Division police registered an FIR against former provincial minister Muhammad Ashraf Khan of the PTI, Fayyazul Haq Azhar, a candidate from Ward No-17, and 25 others.
The same police also registered a case against 10 persons for quarrelling at polling station No-24.
A-Division police booked more than one hundred persons for setting flexes and banners on fire outside a polling station during a protest against the winning candidate.