DMOs & Monitoring teams in Punjab province take immediate action to ensure implementation of code of conduct issued by ECP

ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (SABAH): On the strict instructions of Provincial Election Commissioner Punjab Ijaz Anwar Chohan, District Monitoring Officers and Monitoring teams in Punjab province took immediate action in accordance with the law to ensure the implementation of the code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

The District Monitoring Officer, Sahiwal issued orders to a contesting candidate Majid Hussain, from constituency NA-143 Sahiwal to pay a fine of 50 thousand rupees in penalty of violating the election campaigning Code of Conduct. The candidate organized a car rally, corner meetings and procession without prior permission from the district administration. District Monitoring Officer Sahiwal issued a warning to the candidate to be careful in future.

The monitoring teams in Punjab province removed plastic penaflexes and oversized banners, hoardings, billboards and other advertising materials from various districts of Punjab province.

Notices are being issued to the election candidates by the relevant district monitoring officers against violations of the code of conduct in Multan, Vehari and Rahim Yar Khan. The Provincial Election Commissioner Punjab commented that under Section 234(4) of the Elections Act, 2017, the case of repeated violation of Code of Conduct will be sent to the Election Commission for further action.