The polling for the third and final phase of local government elections in Karachi and Punjab ended on Sunday with the polling process being marred by isolated incidents of violence and mismanagement.
The polling in 12 districts of Punjab and six districts of Karachi began at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday amid tight security.
According to The Dawn, Sindh Rangers arrested an assistant presiding officer on charges of bogus voting and sent him to prison while exercising magisterial powers given to them by the Election Commission.
The Rangers spokesperson said that the paramilitary force arrested Mohammed Zubair, an assistant presiding officer of UC-5 in Wilayatabad, Pak Colony, which was located in Alibhai Ibrahim School.
He was detained on charges of helping others to cast bogus votes and was supervising this irregularity, the spokesperson added.
The Election Commission has established a control room in Islamabad which will work till the finalisation of election results.