KP local government elections- voting in second phase will take place on March 31
Election Commission announced the schedule after Supreme Court set aside the Peshawar High Court order to postpone the second phase voting due to harsh weather
The Election Commission of Pakistan announced to hold the second phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 31.
Election
Commission spokesman Sohail Ahmed said candidates can submit nominations from
February 14 to 18 while the list of candidates would be released on 19th of the
month and candidates will get electoral symbols on March 4.
It is
pertinent to mention here that the first phase of the LG elections had been
conducted on December 19, when the balloting was done in 17 districts of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. At that time, the second phase of LG polls in 18
districts of KP was to be held in the last week of January, but it was
rescheduled by the ECP through an order on applications filed by local MNAs and
MPAs.
On the other
hand, on Tuesday ECP appealed to the Supreme Court and the apex court set aside
the PHC verdict on Wednesday. The ECP has now announced to conduct the second
phase of LG elections on March 31.
An official
of the ECP soon after the verdict of the apex court said the second phase of
the polls would be held now on March 31.
The ECP,
while expressing dissatisfaction last month over the security arrangements by
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government during the first phase of LG polls, had
decided to call out the army for security along with police during the second
phase of elections in the remaining areas. During the hearing into various
cases, the videos and pieces of evidence were shown to the ECP such as smashing
the ballot boxes and tearing off ballot papers by the people, manhandling the
polling staff, hampering the voting process and several other incidents.
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