{"id":2391,"date":"2026-07-28T09:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashgilnews.com\/english\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:25:22","slug":"firing-in-rawalakot-polling-complete-in-mirpur-division-turnout-very-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashgilnews.com\/english\/2391\/","title":{"rendered":"Firing in Rawalakot, polling complete in Mirpur division, turnout very low"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Polling has been completed in Mirpur division under the first phase of the 11th Legislative Assembly elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, however, according to initial reports, voter turnout was negligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, according to local journalist Danish Irshad, reports of heavy firing have been received from two different sides in Chandni Chowk\/Kasai Gali and Baldia Adda areas of Rawalakot city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources, the sounds of firing have been heard about six kilometers away from the city, due to which severe panic has spread in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, no official statement has been made at the government level regarding the reasons for the firing, loss of life or property and any possible arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This situation has come to light at a time when, on the one hand, the polling process has been completed in Mirpur division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video footage received by Kashgal News, several polling stations were seen completely deserted where not a single voter turned up, while in one video, bullet papers were seen being thrown in the open field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one hand, the entire Kashmir is in a state of protest, sit-ins are going on in several areas, curfew is being imposed, and on the other hand, the Pakistani government and military institutions are taking advantage of this critical situation and are busy trying to win their favorite people in the name of non-transparent elections in the state, while the people have completely boycotted it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polling has been completed in Mirpur division under the first phase of the 11th Legislative Assembly elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, however, according to initial reports, voter turnout was negligible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[48,40,55,102,34,46],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu-kashmir","tag-general-elections","tag-government-of-pakistan","tag-government-of-pok","tag-jkjaac","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-army"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.5 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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