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Punjab Bar Elections Underway as Lahore Votes and Sheikhupura Postpones

Biometric checks govern voting across districts, with Lahore using 11 booths for 15,851 eligible lawyers.

Overview

  • Polling is in progress across multiple Punjab bar associations under biometric verification, and the provincial council has asked voters to bring original council cards.
  • In Lahore, voting runs until 5 PM for eight seats with 27 candidates and 11 polling booths serving 15,851 registered voters.
  • The Lahore Bar Association presidency is a three-way contest among Adeeb Aslam Bhunder, Shahid Jamal Butt, and Irfan Hayat Bajwa.
  • Rahila Hafeez Rana has been elected unopposed as auditor, and several other districts also report uncontested positions.
  • Sheikhupura’s election has been postponed to January 17 following reconstitution of the election board and orders to re-verify documents and ballot paper signatures.