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December 18, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday decided to conduct by-elections in eight constituencies – including two national and six provincial assemblies – asking the provincial governments to ensure strict adherence to the SOPs.
Chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, the Commission directed issuance of a schedule for the polls.
ECP members and officials and PPP senior leader Taj Haider attended the meeting.
Legal Adviser Murtaza Wahab and other representatives of the Sindh government attended the meeting via video link.
The secretary ECP informed the meeting that by-elections were pending in eight constituencies across the country, including six provincial and two National Assembly seats.
Top Story
December 18, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday decided to conduct by-elections in eight constituencies – including two national and six provincial assemblies – asking the provincial governments to ensure strict adherence to the SOPs.
Chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, the commission directed issuance of a schedule for the polls. ECP members and officials and PPP senior leader Taj Haider attended the meeting. Legal Adviser Murtaza Wahab and other representatives of the Sindh government attended the meeting via video link.
The secretary ECP informed the meeting that by-elections were pending in eight constituencies across the country, including six provincial and two National Assembly seats.
National
December 18, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday decided to conduct by-elections in eight constituencies – including two national and six provincial assemblies – asking the provincial governments to ensure strict adherence to the SOPs.
Chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, the Commission directed issuance of a schedule for the polls.
ECP members and officials and PPP senior leader Taj Haider attended the meeting.
Legal Adviser Murtaza Wahab and other representatives of the Sindh government attended the meeting via video link.
The secretary ECP informed the meeting that by-elections were pending in eight constituencies across the country, including six provincial and two National Assembly seats.
Election Commission of Pak announces bypolls
By IANS |
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Fri, Dec 18 2020 13:36 IST |
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Election Commission of Pak announces bypolls. Image Source: IANS News
Islamabad, Dec 18 : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to immediately hold bypolls in eight constituencies of national and provincial assemblies, which have been pending in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The decision was taken on Thursday at an ECP meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, during which he instructed poll officials to issue the by-election schedule at the earliest while keeping in mind the present SOPs against the pandemic, The Express Tribune reported.
ECP decides to hold by-polls on eight vacant seats
Sindh assures of implementing SOPs during the voting
ISLAMABAD:
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold by-elections in the eight constituencies of the National and the provincial assemblies across the country, which had been delayed for past eight months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
During an ECP meeting, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, the election officials were instructed to issue the by-election schedule at the earliest, while the provincial governments were told to implement the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).
The ECP held the meeting on a letter written by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Taj Haider, which pointed out that under the Constitution of Pakistan and the law, elections have to be held within 60 days on any vacant seat.