Election Commission of Pakistan issues schedule & notice for Presidential election going to be held on 9th March

ISLAMABAD, March 01 (SABAH): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued schedule and notice for the Presidential election, which will be held on 9th of this month. The schedule has been issued by the order of the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.

“In pursuance of the provisions contained in paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Second Schedule of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 read with clauses (3) and (4) of Article 41 of the Constitution, Public Notification for election to the office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is hereby issued and in relation thereto the following programme for receipt of nomination papers, scrutiny of nomination papers, withdrawal of candidature, publication of list of validly nominated candidates, retirement and the polling day,” read the notification issued by ECP on Friday.

According to the ECP, the candidates for the country’s top constitutional office can submit nomination papers by March 2 before 12:00 PM with the presiding officers in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta.

The scrutiny for the nomination papers by the returning officers will be held on March 4, the notification said, adding that the candidature can be withdrawn the next day.

Afterwards, the commission will publish the list of validly nominated candidates the same day and March 6 has been fixed as the date for retirement.

The polling for the next president will be held on March 9 at the National Assembly and all the provincial assemblies from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.