--- title: "Skardu by-election polling underway amid tight security" description: "Most outlets led with the ongoing polling in the GBA-09 (Skardu-III) constituency, noting the 61 polling stations and tight security. Dunya News added the context that the by-election was called after a PPP candidate was disqualified by the GB Supreme Appellate Court. Minute Mirror highlighted the number of registered voters and the strict security, while Dawn also mentioned the timing of the process." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6671-skardu-voters-cast-ballots-in-key-by-election site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Skardu by-election polling underway amid tight security pakistan · latest filing 5 Sep 2026, 12:06 PM PKT · 5 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the ongoing polling in the GBA-09 (Skardu-III) constituency, noting the 61 polling stations and tight security. Dunya News added the context that the by-election was called after a PPP candidate was disqualified by the GB Supreme Appellate Court. Minute Mirror highlighted the number of registered voters and the strict security, while Dawn also mentioned the timing of the process. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Minute Mirror** — [Skardu voters cast ballots in key by-election](https://minutemirror.com.pk/skardu-voters-cast-ballots-in-key-by-election-624971/) · 5 Sep 2026, 12:06 PM PKT > Polling is underway in the GBA-09 Skardu-III constituency, where 33,985 registered voters are expected to cast their ballots under strict security - **Dunya News** — [Polling underway in Skardu by-election amid tight security](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/971451-polling-underway-in-skardu-byelection-amid-tight-security) · 5 Sep 2026, 11:49 AM PKT · 73% identical wording to the newest filing > The by-election was called by the Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission following the disqualification of PPP candidate Fida Muhammad Nashad by the GB Supreme Appellate Court - **Dawn** — [Skardu by-election: Polling underway at 61 polling stations amid tight security](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027668/skardu-by-election-polling-underway-at-61-polling-stations-amid-tight-security) · 5 Sep 2026, 11:25 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > GILGIT: Polling is currently underway at 61 polling stations in the GBA-09 (Skardu-III) constituency amid tight security. The process began at 8am and will continue till 5pm. State broadcaster PTV said 33,985 voters would exercise their right to franchise, adding that special security arrangement had been made for the occasion. The by-election was announced by the Gilgit-Baltistan Election Comm... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Polling concludes for GBA-09 Skardu-III by-election](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6758-polling-in-gba-09-skardu-by-election-concludes) · 6 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 85% related - [Close contest expected between PPP and independent in Skardu by-election](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6590-ppp-independent-candidate-set-for-close-contest-in-skardu) · 4 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 76% related - [Voting underway at 23 polling stations in two AJK Bagh constituencies](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3309-polling-underway-in-23-polling-stations-of-two-bagh) · 15 Aug 2026 · 7 outlets · 72% related - [AJK Election Commission Orders Re-Polling at 23 Stations in Bagh](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2163-third-phase-of-ajk-elections-ec-postpones-polls-in-rawlakot) · 12 Aug 2026 · 14 outlets · 5 developments · 72% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 5 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.