ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday decided to hold first phase of Local Government Elections in Punjab and Sindh Provinces on October 12 this year. The schedule of the Elections in first phase of both provinces would be issued on August 21,said spokesman of the ECP.
According to the proposed schedule of the ECP, candidates can file their nomination papers with Returning Officers from August 28 to Sep 1, he added.
The Spokesman further said that scrutiny of the nomination papers would be conducted from Sep 3 to 8 and last date for filing appeals against decisions of the Returning Officers rejecting/accepting the nomination was fixed September 12. Last dates for deciding appeals by the Tribunals and withdrawal of the candidature would be September 17 and 18 respectively. The list of the candidates would be displayed on September 19 and polling date is October 12.
He said that the elections would be held in first phase in Lodhran and Vehari districts of the Multan division, Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar districts of Bahawalpur division , district Toba Tek Singh of Faisalabad division, district Sargodha of Sargodha division , district Kasur and Nankana of Lahore division, district Gujrat of Gujranawala division , districts Rawalpindi and Attok of the Rawalpindi division of the Punjab.
While Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan,Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Hyderabad , Dadu and Jamshoro districts of the Hyderabad division, Khairpur of the Sukkur division , Larkana , Shikarpur and Qamber Shahdadkot of the Larkana Division, are the districts announced for elections in Sindh.
ECP to hold first phase of LG polls in Sindh & Punjab on Oct 12
