Polling continues in in PS-94 by-election

Staff Report

KARACHI: Polling has begun for by-election in PS-94 in Organi Town amid tight security measures.

Some 1,022 rangers and 2,015 police personnel have been deployed in the constituency, where 12 polling stations were declared highly sensitive.

Rangers officials on Saturday said that terrorists could disturb by-elections at PS-94 with suicide attack/s and firing. Everyone is ready for the elections in the constituency where people will cast their votes in a critical situation tomorrow (Sunday).

Sachal Rangers Commandant Brigadier Waseem Ayub along with DIG West Zone Sultan Khwaja said during a press conference on Saturday that there is a threat of a suicide attack and firing during the by-polls. Therefore, he added, Article 144 has been imposed in the area.

Sultan Khwaja said that ten suspected men have been held. He also said that

Polling continues in in PS-94 by-election

Staff Report

KARACHI: Polling has begun for by-election in PS-94 in Organi Town amid tight security measures.

Some 1,022 rangers and 2,015 police personnel have been deployed in the constituency, where 12 polling stations were declared highly sensitive.

Rangers officials on Saturday said that terrorists could disturb by-elections at PS-94 with suicide attack/s and firing. Everyone is ready for the elections in the constituency where people will cast their votes in a critical situation tomorrow (Sunday).

Sachal Rangers Commandant Brigadier Waseem Ayub along with DIG West Zone Sultan Khwaja said during a press conference on Saturday that there is a threat of a suicide attack and firing during the by-polls. Therefore, he added, Article 144 has been imposed in the area.

Sultan Khwaja said that ten suspected men have been held. He also said that

EU slaps Iran with tougher sanctions over nuclear row

BRUSSELS: European leaders on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Iran that went even further than UN punitive measures in a bid to pile pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme, diplomatic sources said.

The new European Union sanctions include a ban on new investment, technical assistance and technology transfers to Iran”s key gas and oil industry, particularly as regards refining and liquefied natural gas, according to the text.

Iran has the world”s second-largest reserves of natural gas and is OPEC”s second largest oil exporter. Global energy majors have come under increased international pressure over their activities in the country.

The new EU measures also target the Islamic Republic”s transportation, banking and insurance sectors and slaps new visa bans and asset freezes on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The move came the day after the United States added Iranian individuals and firms to a blacklist and one week after the UN Security Council slapped its fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt nuclear activities.

In an agreed text the EU leaders expressed their “deepening concerns about Iran”s nuclear programme.”

Tehran says the programme is purely for civilian purposes, but Israel and Western powers fear it may be trying to develop nuclear weapons that would tip the balance of power in the Middle East.

Russia, which was persuaded to support the UN measures, strongly criticised the unilateral US and EU decisions to go further.

“We are extremely disappointed that neither the United States nor the European Union heed our calls to refrain from such moves,” Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying.

“Unilateral sanction measures exceeding the parameters agreed and reflected in the UN Security Council resolution are not only harmful but undermine the very basis of our joint work with the partners,” Ryabkov added.

His comments struck a strong note of discord after what has in the past months been relatively harmonious efforts between Russia and Western powers to resolve the nuclear crisis.

British Prime Minister David Cameron had entered his first EU summit underlining the need for “a strong package of sanctions against Iran.”

The new EU sanctions had been proposed at a meeting of foreign ministers on Monday, when backers overcame reticence from Sweden and a determination from Germany — which had doubts about the gas sanctions — to ensure ordinary Iranians were not unduly affected.

However the EU leaders” joint statement stresses their desire to resolve the dispute through diplomacy and urges Iran to resume negotiations.

“The European Council calls on Iran to demonstrate willingness to build the confidence of the international community and to respond to the invitation for resumption of negotiations,” the summit statement said.

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton has written to Iran”s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, inviting him to resume negotiations on behalf of the five UN Security Council permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany.

Tehran has long said that it accepts in principle such a meeting between Jalili and Ashton.

On June 9, the UN Security Council slapped a fourth round of sanctions on Iran, this time tightening the noose on military and financial transactions.

New US sanctions announced on Wednesday also target insurance companies, oil firms and shipping lines linked to Iran”s atomic or missile programs as well as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Iran”s Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi.

Iran has repeatedly ignored international demands to halt its uranium enrichment activities.

Local bodies elections in Chittagong closes

CHITTAGONG: Voting in Chittagong City Corporation elections ended peacefully amid tight security on Thursday.

Beginning at 8am, the ballot continued through to 4pm.

Returning officer Jasmine Tuli told bdnews24.com that counting would start after a while.

“The final results will be announced at the returning officer”s makeshift office in the gymnasium ground,” she said.

Just half an hour to the close of ballot, election commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussain said that they assumed 60 percent votes would be cast.

Tuli did not want to give any idea about the rate.

Hussain said: “We expect some 60 to 70 percent ballots. The e-voting might see 70 percent cast.”

He said voters who lined up after 4pm would be allowed to cast their votes.

Ghat Farhadbegh Government Primary School”s centre presiding officer Md Kabir said about 60 percent votes were cast up to 3pm.

About 56 percent votes were cast at the women section of Enayetbazar Women”s College centre.

The electronic voting was introduced in the CCC polls for the first time in the country.

Some 20,000 law-enforcers have been deployed across the port city, especially around the polling centres where voters queued up to cast their votes.

Eight candidates are running for the mayor”s office.

Another 249 candidates are contesting for the posts of ward councillor and 59 for councillor posts reserved for women in 41 wards of the city.

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Boycott For Basic Amenities In Many Poonch Villages: CEO

Jammu: Amidst clashes between supporters of rival political parties, firing by troops and boycott at some places, the polling remained by and large peaceful in Jammu Parliamentary constituency where voters sealed the fate of 21 contestants with an overall 49 per cent turn out.
According to the figures provided by the chief electoral officer, BR Sharma, the total vote percentage was 49 with Samba 47 per cent, Jammu 51 per cent, Rajouri 49 per cent and Poonch 47 per cent.
Addressing a press conference here, Sharma said that barring clashes between workers of two political parties in the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri, the overall polling remained peaceful with no untoward incident reported from Jammu and Samba.
Voters of Slotri, 82 Dodi-B and 72-Gali Pindi polling station in Poonch district boycotted the polls to register their protest against the state government. They protested the failure of the government to provide basic amenities to these areas and decided to boycott polling.
“None of the electors of these polling stations turned up to cast votes. These polling stations come under Mandi and Surankote areas of border district of Poonch,” the CEO said.
“People in the area were reportedly not happy with the government, which is said to be the reason of their protest. The team of civil administration was rushed to these areas and they tried to convince the people and later the voters of Slotri cast their votes but those of the remaining two stations did not relent,” he said.
Covering 20 Assembly segments spread over four border districts of Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch, the polling in both urban as well as rural areas was almost same where very less number of voter came out for voting till afternoon, but the poll percentage picked up in the evening.
Barring some incidents of violence, the overall polling remained peaceful in over 2,210 booths established for more than 1.72 lakh voters in the constituency, Sharma said.
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UNI adds: Not only the oldies and the first timers exercised their franchise but 50 prisoners also cast their votes through ballot papers in District Jail Amphalla, sources said.
“There are around 650 inmates inside Jammu Jail but under the law, only 50 of them were found eligible to vote,” official sources told UNI.
Sources said under trials from four districts falling in the constituency including Samba, Rajouri, Poonch and Jammu locked up in the jail, took part in electoral process under Section 12 (c) of the Act as the papers were delivered to them 10 days prior to the polling date.

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