announced<\/a> squeezing timelines of the delimitation exercise by 14 days to complete the process on Nov 30, instead of the scheduled Dec 14.<\/p>\nThe development would pave the way for the election commission\u2019s decision to hold polls in the last week of January. A specific date for the polls is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n
In a press release issued today, the ECP said the report of preliminary delimitation, along with the lists (Form 5), has been uploaded on the commission\u2019s website and can be accessed by the public. Maps of the initial delimitation are also available on the website.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe publication of the preliminary constituencies will continue for 30 days from Sept 27 to Oct 26,\u201d it said, highlighting that objections (representations) to the preliminary constituencies can be made by the voters of the concerned constituency.<\/p>\n
The representations, the ECP stated, should be addressed to the commission\u2019s secretary and be submitted to the ECP Secretariat in Islamabad by Oct 27.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ECP will take decisions on these representations from Oct 28 to Nov 26 after hearing the positions of from the respective parties,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n
Listing the procedure of submitting the representations, the commission said it should be submitted by a voter of the concerned constituency in the form of a \u201cmemorandum\u201d and entail the signatures of the voter. It said eight copies of the representations and constituency maps were required to be submitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cRepresentations by courier, post and fax etc. will not be accepted,\u201d the commission added.<\/p>\n\n
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