Security tightened as voting opens for NA-77 and PP-203

Voting takes place across 185 polling stations in Chichawatni as security forces deploy over 1,100 personnel for smooth polling.

By-elections are being held for National Assembly seat NA-77 in Gujranwala and provincial seat PP-203 in Sahiwal.

Over 1,300 election staff and 1,100 security officers have been deployed for PP-203 in Chichawatni.

NA-77 fell vacant following the death of former federal minister Chaudhry Mehmood Basheer Virk in September.

PML-N fielded Rashid Basheer Virk for NA-77, while major opposition parties opted out of the contest.

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