Election Commission Of Pakistan (ECP) Completes Arrangements For Oct 14 By-election In KP

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Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) completes arrangements for Oct 14 by-election in KP

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all arrangements for October 14 by-election, which would be held on 10 seats including one national assembly and nine provincial assemblies in different districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Oct, 2018 ) :The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all arrangements for October 14 by-election, which would be held on 10 seats including one national assembly and nine provincial assemblies in different districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.

The by-election will be held on lone NA-35 seat in Bannu vacated by Prime Minister Imran Khan and nine provincial assembly seats including two each in Swat, Nowshera and D I Khan and one each provincial assembly seat in Swabi, Peshawar and Mardan on Sunday (Oct 14).

The polling will start at 8 p.m. and will continue till 5 p.m. without any break. Voters in premises of polling stations will be allowed to cast their votes. Carrying of arms, mobile phones and cameras would not be allowed inside polling stations.

The nine PK seats where by-election would be held include PK-3 and PK7 in Swat, PK-61 and PK-64 in Nowshera, PK-97 and PK-99 in D I Khan, PK-78 Peshawar, PK-44 Swabi and PK53 Mardan.

The NA-35 Bannu seat fell vacant after Prime Minister Imran Khan quit it and kept his National Assembly seat from his native Mianwali. The ECP notified Muhammad Tariq, regional election commissioner Kohat, as district returning office (DRO) for NA-35 Bannu.

The ECP also announced by-election on PK-3 Swat vacated by PTI's Dr Haider Ali, PK-7 Swat vacated by PTI's Dr Amjad Ali, PK-44 Swabi vacated by PTI's Asad Qaiser, PK-53 Mardan vacated by ANP's Ameer Haider Hoti, PK-61 Nowshera and PK-64 Nowshera vacated by former chief minister Pervez Khattak of PTI, PK-78 Peshawar where election couldn't be held due to the death of ANP's Haroon Bilour in a terrorist attack during the election campaign, PK-97 D I Khan vacated by PTI's Ali Amin Gandapur, and PK-99 Dera Ismail Khan were election was postponed after the death of PTI's Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur in a suicide bombing. The ECP has also notified Names of district returning officers, returning officers and assistant returning officers for KP by-elections.

Javed Iqbal, regional election commissioner Malakand, was appointed as DRO for PK-3 and PK-7 in Swat. Muhammad Naeem, REC Mardan, was made DRO for PK-44 Swabi, Abdul Hafeez, REC Hazara, was appointed DRO for PK-44 Mardan, Zulfiqar Ahmad, deputy election commissioner, Nowshera, will perform duty as DRO for PK-61 and PK-64 Nowshera, Fazle Hakeem, REC Peshawar, was appointed as DRO for PK-78, Peshawar, and Abdul Qayyum Shinwari, REC D I Khan, was made DRO for PK-97 and PK-99, D I Khan.