Polling for by-elections commenced on Thursday on Punjab Assembly seat PP-168.

The polling commenced at 8:00am and will continue nonstop till 5:00pm. According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) there are 126,912 registered voters in the constituency. The ECP has set up 84 polling stations in the constituency. All the stations are being closely monitored by security officials.

The PP-168 seat was vacated by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Saad Rafique who left it after being elected as a member of the National Assembly. PML-N has fielded Rana Khalid Qadri as their candidate for the seat, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has fielded candidate Malik Asad Ali Khokhar.

Pakistan Peoples Party has not fielded any candidate as they have announced that they will support PML-N's Qadri, local media reported.