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The Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday postponed by-polls on 37 Nationwide Meeting seats — scheduled for March 16 and 19 — in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan and Islamabad, in compliance with the orders issued by numerous courts.
Earlier the electoral watchdog was all set to carry the by-elections on over 80 NA seats throughout the nation this month. It had mentioned that every one pending elections for the NA seats could be held this month.
The NA seats fell vacant because the ECP de-notified Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers after Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf accepted their resignations. Greater than 120 MNAs belonging to the PTI tendered their resignations en masse after Imran Khan’s authorities was ousted by a no-confidence movement in April final yr.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The ECP has postponed the by-elections on as many as 24 Nationwide Meeting seats scheduled to be held this month.
In its notification, the election organising authority mentioned, “Pursuant to the orders dated third March 2023 handed by the Peshawar Excessive Court docket (PHC), within the writ petition, No.762-P/2023 tided Sher Ali Arbab and others Vs Speaker Nationwide Meeting and others and Writ Petition No.763-P/2023 titled Imran Khattak and others Vs Speaker Nationwide Meeting and others respectively. The ECP hereby suspends its notifications of election programme No. F.8(2)/2023-Wire(1) dated twenty seventh January 2023 and F.8(2)/2023-Wire(1) dated third February 2023 to the extent of the next constituencies until additional orders of the PHC, within the mentioned writ petitions.”
Sindh
In Sindh, by-elections scheduled to be held in 9 NA constituencies have been postponed by the electoral watchdog.
These constituencies embrace NA-241 Korangi Karachi-III, NA-242 Karachi East 1, NA 243 Karachi East-II, NA-244 Karachi East-II, NA-247 Karahci Sourth-II, NA-250 Karachi West-III, NA-254 Karachi West-V, NA-254 Karachi Central-II and NA-256 Karachi Central-IV.
Balochistan
The ECP has postponed the by-election within the NA-265 Quetta-II constituency by complying with the order of the Balochistan Excessive Court docket (BHC) until additional the court docket.
Islamabad
In pursuant to the order of the Islamabad Excessive court docket (IHC), the ECP has postponed the by-polls on the three NA constituencies until additional order of the court docket. The constituencies the place by-polls are postponed embrace NA-52 Islamabad-1, NA53 Islamabad-II, and NA 54 Islamabad-III.
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