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Friday, December 12, 2008

Fifth Phase of Polling in Held Kashmir Today

The people of mu and Kashmir will vote on Saturday in The fifth phase of Assembly elections will be in occupied Kashmir today. Security is tight across the 11 constituencies. Polling in this phase will decide the fate of candidates for 5 seats in Jammu, that is Bani , Basoli, Kathua, Billawar , Hiranagar and six seats in the Kashmir Valley, that is - Tral, Pampore, Pulwama, Rajpora, Wachi, Shopian. The fate of 179 candidates will be decided for 11 seats.

These include 5 women and 58 independents. More than 8 lakh people will have the right to vote. Militancy infested Shopian and Tral are also voting and the maximum number of candidates are contesting from these two constituencies, as many as 21. PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti who is contesting from Wachi is the only heavyweight candidate in this phase and there is heavy security for her. Two more phases of polling are left they will be held on the 17th and 24th of December.


this news published by www.apakistannews.com