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  These two areas, the government had argued, were still inundated as per a report filed by the deputy commissioner/district returning officer (DRO). “In order to determine the factual situation , ECP got verification done as far as Dadu’s conditions were concerned,” an ECP official said. To this end, a committee was formed by Provincial Election Commissioner (PEC) Aijaz Anwar Chohan on Jan 5. The committee members visited Dadu on Jan 6 and recorded the statements of education officers who claimed that all schools were functional. The committee found that rainwater was only stagnating agricultural lands and not otherwise, and submitted its findings to the PEC that no village was found affected, as had been claimed in the DRO’s report. The ECP also remained unimpressed by the government’s ple­adings for postponement of the polls, as well as the withdrawal of the Dec 31, 2021 notification that defined new HMC limits.

Queen Bey was emotional and even paused as the crowd gave her the standing ovation she deserves! “Thank you so much. I’m trying not to be too emotional and I’m trying to just receive this night. I wanna thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God. I’d like to thank my Uncle Johnny, who is not here but he’s here in spirit. I’d like to thank my parents—my father, my mother—for loving me and pushing me,” she said. “I’d like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful three children who are at home watching. I’d like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing this genre. God bless you! Thank you so much to the Grammys! Thank you!” She also celebrated the big news on Instagram, giving her fans and some of her collaborators some love. “To my Hive, thank y’all so much for all of your love and loyalty! Big thank you for the BREAK MY SOUL and CUFF IT wins!!! To The Dream , Tricky, HOV, and Big Freedia,” she wrote. “I love y’all!”