{"id":53774,"date":"2024-01-29T10:21:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T10:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/govt-bars-ministers-officials-from-traveling-abroad-ahead-of-general-polls-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T10:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T10:21:59","slug":"govt-bars-ministers-officials-from-traveling-abroad-ahead-of-general-polls-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/govt-bars-ministers-officials-from-traveling-abroad-ahead-of-general-polls-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt bars ministers, officials from traveling abroad ahead of general polls – Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD \u2013 The caretaker federal government barred the the ministers and the government\u2019s officials from traveling abroad ahead of the upcoming elections, the sources privy to the development said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The sources said that the caretaker government revoked the permission for foreign travel of all federal ministers and government employees until the completion of the electoral process and the assumption of office by the new government.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the Election Commission of Pakistan, after consultation with the President of Pakistan, announced to hold the elections for the national and provincial assemblies on February 8, 2024, across the country, and all necessary preparations in this regard have been completed.<\/p>\n

Over one hundred and twenty millions eligible voters are all set to cast vote for National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies on 8th of next month.<\/p>\n

The political parties are holding public gatherings in order to win support of voters.<\/p>\n

Additionally, candidates are participating in corner meetings to engage with the voters. A total of 5,121 candidates are in the race for the National Assembly seats.\u00a0 \u00a0These include 4,807 male, 312 female and two transgenders.<\/p>\n

For the four provincial assemblies, 12,695 candidates are in the field including 12,123 male, 570 women and two transgenders.<\/p>\n

The elections will be held on two hundred and sixty six general seats of National Assembly and five hundred and ninety three general seats of four provincial assemblies.<\/p>\n

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ISLAMABAD \u2013 The caretaker federal government barred the the ministers and the government\u2019s officials from traveling abroad ahead of the upcoming elections, the sources privy to the development said on Monday. The sources said that the caretaker government revoked the permission for foreign travel of all federal ministers and government employees until the completion of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0318471172a4736.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t