Overview
- Polling is in progress across Punjab, with Lahore’s bar electing eight office bearers under a biometric system until 5 PM.
- In Lahore, 27 candidates are contesting with 15,851 registered voters and 11 polling booths set up for the exercise.
- The LBA presidency features Adeeb Aslam Bhinder, Shahid Jamal Butt, and Irfan Hayat Bajwa in a three-way race.
- Sheikhupura’s district bar election was postponed following reconstitution of its election board, with fresh scrutiny prompting a new date of January 17.
- Officials report strict security and verification measures provincewide, the Punjab Bar Council urged voters to carry original council cards, and some seats were filled unopposed including the LBA auditor.