An attempt to sabotage repolling in National Assembly constituency of NA-43 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district of Tank was foiled on Monday when terrorists attacked police deployed on poll duty, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
According to the police, the miscreants targeted the cops and FC personnel performing election duty in Gomal police station limits in Kot Azam area, triggering a fierce gunbattle which left a terrorist dead.
Tank District Police Officer Iftikhar Shah informed media men that during repolling in NA-43 (Tank-Dera Ismail Khan), armed assailants targeted police on duty. The police retaliated and killed one terrorist.
The revoting at six polling stations was stopped for some time but later it was resumed as the security forces have been put on high alert in the area.
Earlier, repolling was going on peacefully at the three polling stations of NA-43.
Registered voters in these polling stations are more than 5,000 and polling on these stations were not completed on 8th of February due to security reasons.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed to conduct repolling in the six polling stations of NA-43, Tank-cum-Dera Ismael Khan.
According to ECP spokesperson, repolling in these six polling stations, initially planned for Feb 17, has been moved to Feb 19. The polling on Feb 8 was interrupted because of the law and order situation.
The ECP has instructed the Chief Secretary, Inspector General of Police, and other law enforcement agencies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to coordinate and ensure a conducive environment for the public in this matter.
In NA-43, Dawar Khan Kundi, an independent candidate, emerged victorious with 63,556 votes, while Asad Mehmood of Jamiat Ulema e Islam Pakistan (JUI-P) secured the runner-up position with 62,730 votes.
Reporter Sajid Baloch