MULTAN (Web Desk) – Polling for NA-149 constituency of Multan will begin tomorrow (Thursday) where seventeen candidates will contest for the seat left vacant by Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, Dunya News reported.

Independent candidates Javed Hashmi, Aamir Dogar and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Dr Javed Siddiqui are among strongest contenders for the NA-149 seat.

As per details, the Election Commission has distributed all relevant material to presiding officers and other staff members.

To ensure law and order, Rangers personnel have been deployed at one hundred and six sensitive polling stations.

According to SSP Operations Muhammad Saleem, more than four thousand policemen would perform their duty on the occasion to avert any untoward incident. Four hundred police vans and more than hundred motorbikes have been provided for patrolling in sensitive areas.

Polling will begin at 8:00am and continue till 5:00pm.