Polling for the by-election on vacant seat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly PK-22 Bajaur is underway.

A total of twelve candidates including five from political parties and seven as independents are in the run for the by-polls.

The Election Commission has set up ninety-one polling stations in PK-22, where more than one-hundred and seventy-nine thousand voters will exercise their right to vote.

Polling will continue till five in the evening without any break.

The Election Commission has made strict security arrangements to ensure smooth and peaceful by-elections.

Source: Radio Pakistan