ISLAMABAD: The Election fee of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the nomination papers submitting date through two days following needs from numerous political events which includes Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
In a assertion on Friday, the ECP stated the applicants can now file nomination papers till December 24 and the political events can post a concern list for reserved seats by means of the identical date.
The electoral frame said the scrutiny for nomination papers will be held from Dec 25 till Dec 30.
earlier, the ECP had introduced that the nomination papers would be obtained from December 20 to 22.
finally, the political parties — Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Muttahida Qaumi motion Pakistan (MQM-P), PML-N and Balochistan Awami birthday celebration (BAP) — had approached the Election fee for an extension in time-body for filing the nomination papers.
Senator Ishaq Dar of the PML-N, in a letter addressed to the chief election commissioner (CEC), demanded a two-day extension in filing of nomination papers, until Dec 24, to provide enough time to applicants for the reason.
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He had referred to that best 3 days starting from December 20 had been allocated for submitting of nominations at the same time as seven days had been reserved for scrutiny of papers.
He talked about that the manner of filing of nomination calls for a couple of details as well as documents to be annexed with the identical, which also encompass no objection certificates (NOCs) from numerous public region departments.
“Such exercise is, indeed, time-ingesting and any lapse can lead to rejection of nomination papers,” he said.
Criticising the ECP’s choice, former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said the polls supervisory frame prolonged the cut-off date on the PML-N’s request.
The attitude of the judiciary and the Election fee towards the PML-N is such that “nobody have to harass my loved,” he wrote on his X handle.
