The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has devised a strategy to foil rigging attempts during the by-elections in 20 constituencies of the Punjab Assembly scheduled on July 17. According to sources privy to the strategy, as many as 5,000 young PTI activists will be deployed in the constituencies along with lawyers posted as polling agents for the party.

"The lawyers will be made polling agents and will perform their duties in uniforms to foil any rigging attempts immediately," they said.They said that PTI women activists will be deployed at the female polling stations and measures will be taken for their transportation to the polls station.

"The PTI leadership will also remain in touch with the party candidates on the polling day, while candidates will also be asked to secure pre-arrest bail to avoid any bid to arrest them," they said. It is pertinent to mention here that the by-elections for 20 Punjab constituencies will be held on July 07, as tough competition is expected between PML-N and PTI following whirlwind election campaigns by Imran Khan and Maryam Nawaz. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has de-seated 20 PTI lawmakers who voted against the party line and in favour of the PML-N candidate for chief minister, Hamza Shahbaz.

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Independent News Pakistan-INP