PML-N candidate distributes free utility items ahead of by-polls

Lahore: A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate from, PP-170 distributed utility store items among people ahead of the by-polls, ARY News reported.

 According to details, a PML-N candidate in the Punjab Assembly constituency PP-170 distributed utility items among people ahead of the by-elections.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate cries foul as the PML-N candidate and his brother distribute utility items in the constituency. PML-N is using its old methods of buying votes, PTI candidate Zaheer Abbas said.

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Trucks full of utility items such as flour were sent to PML-N offices in PP-170. The PML-N candidate distributed the items among people, a video shows.

Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended the Punjab government’s initiative to provide a subsidy on electricity bills under the ‘Roshan Gharana Program’.

Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz announced to provide free electricity to households that consumed 100 units per month in the last six months.

The ECP meeting headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja suspended the ‘Roshan Gharana Program’ until July 17 and directed that it could be re-launched after the elections.

“We want these elections to be held in a transparent manner as it will directly impact the formation of the provincial government,” the CEC said.