Govt asks ECP to postpone October 16 by-polls for 90 days

The Ministry of Inside on Friday approached the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone by-elections scheduled for October 16 for 90 days.

In a letter, the ministry said {that a} political occasion desires to “occupy” Islamabad between October 12 and 17 and dates for this “siege” conflict with the date of the by-polls.

The letter mentioned that the federal government will likely be pressured to offer most deployment of safety personnel with a purpose to safe the capital, including that in such a state of affairs, there will likely be extreme stress on Military, Rangers and FC personnel.

The ministry mentioned that Pakistan Military and FC personnel have been already engaged in aid and rehabilitation efforts in flood-hit areas and many of the assets of the Centre and provinces have been allotted to the rehabilitation efforts.

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The ministry urged ECP to train its powers and postpone the by-elections because of the aforementioned causes. The letter mentions that the ECP has already postponed native our bodies and by-elections because of floods.

Final month, the ECP had introduced that by-polls in 9 Nationwide and three Punjab Meeting constituencies could be held on October 16.

The Nationwide Meeting seats turned vacant after 131 PTI lawmakers resigned en lots on April 11, two days after former premier Imran Khan was ousted from the highest workplace via a no-confidence vote by the then united opposition and the incumbent ruling alliance.

The ECP had introduced by-elections in NA-157, Multan IV, NA-22, Mardan III, NA-24, Charsadda II, NA- 31, Peshawar V, NA-45, Kurram I, NA-108, Faisalabad VIII, NA-118, Nankana Sahib II, NA-237, Malir II, NA-239, Korangi, Karachi, PP-139, Sheikhupura, PP- 241 Bahawalnagar V, and PP-209, Khanewal VII.