Deadline for filing of nomination papers for NA & four Provincial Assemblies concludes

ISLAMABAD, Dec 24 (SABAH): The deadline for filing of nomination papers for the National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies concluded on Sunday.

As per the schedule, scrutiny of the nomination papers will be carried out from tomorrow (Monday) to the 30th of this month.

Appeals against the acceptance or rejection of nomination papers can be submitted until the 3rd of January and decisions on these appeals will be made by the 10th of January.

The list of candidates will be displayed on the 11th of January, and candidates would have the option to withdraw until the 12th of January.

The electoral symbols will be allotted on the 13th of January, and polling for the general elections will be held the 8th of February.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan has given more time to foreign observers who want to monitor the general elections.

Now, they can submit their applications from December 31 to January 20.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the process of filing nomination papers for next general elections concluded on Sunday.

According to spokesman of Provincial Election Commissioner Sohail Ahmad, 472 nomination papers have been filed for the reserved seats for women and minorities for national and provincial assembly.

Meanwhile Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Sunday filed nomination papers from different constituencies for the general elections.

PML-N leader Bilal Yasin submitted the nomination papers on behalf of Nawaz Sharif from NA-130 (Lahore-XIV), while Maryam Nawaz submitted her papers for two National Assembly (NA-119 and NA-120) constituencies.

Maryam also submitted nomination papers from four constituencies of the Punjab Assembly — PP-159, PP-160, PP-165 and PP-80.

In the 2018 general elections, PTI’s Rahat Aman Ullah Bhatti won the NA-119 (Sheikhupura 1) constituency and PML-N’s Rana Afzaal Hussain stood runner-up, whereas PML-N’s Rana Tanveer Hussain won NA-120 (Sheikhupura 2) and PTI’s Ali Asghar Chaudhry was runner-up.

On the other hand, NA-130 was won by PTI with PML-N turning up as the second-largest party of the constituency.

PTI won PP-159 and 160 seats of Lahore with a slim margin in the last general elections, while PML-N stood runner-up in both constituencies. On the flip side, PML-N President Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif won PP-165 seat effortlessly last time, but the PML-N lost the PP-80 by a wide margin to the PTI.