ECP extends deadline for submitting nomination papers until Dec 24

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The Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday prolonged its deadline for submitting nomination papers for the February Eight normal elections by two days however asserted that the extension wouldn’t have an effect on the ballot date.

With little than over a month left for polls, the electoral watchdog has entered election mode. Final week, the fee issued the election schedule, placing an finish to uncertainty surrounding the train.

As per the unique schedule, the method to file nomination papers for nationwide and provincial assemblies seats commenced on Dec 20. The deadline for the submitting of papers was set to run out at 4:30pm in the present day.

Nonetheless, in a press launch, the electoral watchdog introduced that nomination papers can now be filed until Dec 24 (Sunday). It mentioned the choice was taken in response to requests from political events and to facilitate the candidacy course of.

In line with the ECP assertion, “Political events should submit precedence lists for particular seats to returning officers inside the stipulated time.”

Returning officers will look at the nomination papers from Dec 25 to Dec 30, as specified within the schedule. The assertion underscored that “all actions as listed within the election schedule launched on Dec 15 shall be held as deliberate.”

The electoral watchdog has confirmed that the amended schedule is out there on the ECP web site. The assertion additional talked about that the polling for normal elections was scheduled for February 8, 2023.

On Thursday, PML-N chief Ishaq Dar had written a letter to the ECP in search of a two-day extension within the deadline to submit nomination papers.

In a letter posted on X (previously Twitter), Dar — who’s the chairman of the social gathering’s election cell — had famous that in accordance with the schedule issued by the ECP, candidates had been required to file nomination papers from Dec 20 to Dec 22 whereas dates for scrutiny had been mounted from Dec 24 to Dec 30.

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