Election Commission has extended the facility to the government servants, members of the armed forces, holders of public offices, their wives and their children to exercise their right of vote through postal ballot in NA-190 by-election.
This seat fell vacant after the sad demise of minister for labour Mian Abdul Sattar Laleka, who died of heart attack last month.
All such people and their children registered as voters and residing with them as well as the persons detained in prisons or held in legal custody, are also entitled to vote by postal ballot.
According to the Election Commission, as announced earlier, the last date for submission of applications by the voters of Constituency NA-190 Bahawalnagar-III, to the returning officer for issuing postal ballot is March 22.
Therefore, all such entitled persons, who are interested in casting their vote though postal ballot must apply to the concerned returning officer of their home town constituency by due date.
Application forms are available with all returning officers and if there is any deficiency of forms, their photocopies can also be used for the purpose.
The polling personnel and officials of law enforcement agencies, who have been assigned duties at the polling stations, can send their applications for postal ballot latest by March 22.
Necessary instructions in this regard have already been issued to the returning officers for bye-election in NA-190 Bahawalnagar-III.