{"id":71107,"date":"2024-03-14T10:22:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ecp-sets-april-21-for-by-elections-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:22:28","slug":"ecp-sets-april-21-for-by-elections-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ecp-sets-april-21-for-by-elections-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP sets April 21 for by-elections | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday issued the schedule for the by-elections for the vacant seats of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures according to which they would be held on April 21.<\/p>\n

According to the commission, the by-elections will be held for six vacant seats of the National Assembly; 12 of the Punjab Assembly, two each of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan legislatures; as well as one of the Sindh Assembly.<\/p>\n

The ECP said the nomination papers for the by-elections could be submitted to it from March 16 to 18.
It added that the nomination papers would be scrutinised on March 21.<\/p>\n

Appeals against the nomination papers can be submitted to the ECP till March 25.<\/p>\n

The commission said the election tribunal would dispose of the appeals till March 28 and the nomination papers could be withdrawn till March 29.<\/p>\n

The final list of candidates will be displayed on March 29 and electoral symbols will be allotted on March 30.<\/p>\n

As for the background of these constituencies, the general elections for NA-8 Bajaur were postponed because of the murder of a candidate, Rehan Zeb Khan.<\/p>\n

As for NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan, it was left vacant by Ali Amin Gandapur for becoming the K-P chief minister.<\/p>\n

Similarly, NA-119 Lahore was vacated by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, who preferred to become an MPA from PP-159.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif emerged victorious in the elections for two NA and two provincial legislature seats.<\/p>\n

He left the NA-132 Kasur as well as Lahore\u2019s PP-158 and 164 seats vacant, opting to being sworn in for NA-123 Lahore.<\/p>\n

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari won two seats in the National Assembly. He retained NA-194 Larkana, while leaving the seat of NA-196 Qamber Shahdadkot vacant.<\/p>\n

His father, PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, left the seat of NA-207 Shaheed Benazirabad to be elected as the president of the country.<\/p>\n

The elections were postponed for the K-P Assembly seat PK-22 Bajaur following the murder of a candidate.<\/p>\n

The polls for K-P Assembly seat PK-91 Kohat were put off following the death of an ANP leader.<\/p>\n

A Sindh Assembly seat fell vacant following the death of Abdul Aziz Junejo, who won the elections from PS-80 Dadu.<\/p>\n

In Balochistan, BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal retained NA-256 and left PB-20 Khuzdar vacant.<\/p>\n

In Punjab, PML-N leader Ghulam Abbas retained NA-53 Rawalpindi and left PP-22.<\/p>\n

Similarly, PML-Q\u2019s Chaudhry Salik Hussain retained NA-64 and vacated PP-32 Gujarat.<\/p>\n

PP-36 Wazirabad fell vacant after Muhammad Ahmad Chattha did not take oath.<\/p>\n

PP-54 Narowal fell vacant because of PML-N\u2019s Ahsan Iqbal not taking oath. He preferred to retain NA-76 Narowal.<\/p>\n

PP-139 Sheikhupura fell vacant because of PML-N\u2019s Rana Tanveer not taking oath.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the premier\u2019s son Hamza Shehbaz did not take oath for PP-147 Lahore.<\/p>\n

PP-149 Lahore fell vacant because of IPP\u2019s Aleem Khan not taking oath. He retained the seat of NA-117 Lahore.<\/p>\n

The polls for PP-266 Rahim Yar Khan were postponed because of the death of a candidate.<\/p>\n

PP-290 Dera Ghazi Khan was declared vacant after Awais\u00a0 Leghari did not take oath.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday issued the schedule for the by-elections for the vacant seats of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures according to which they would be held on April 21. According to the commission, the by-elections will be held for six vacant seats of the National Assembly; 12 of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71108,"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:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/878773-PollingballotboxPHOTOFILE-1430420063\/878773-PollingballotboxPHOTOFILE-1430420063.JPG","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-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