ECP allots election symbols for by-elections on April 21

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan will allot electoral symbols to candidates for by-election on 23 national and provincial assemblies seats. The election commission has completed scrutiny of the nomination papers of the candidates.

The polling for by-elections on six National Assembly and 17 provincial assemblies’ seats will be held on April 21. The electoral body will hold elections on six National Assembly seats, two seats each of the KP and Balochistan assemblies and 12 vacant seats of the Punjab Assembly.

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It is to be mentioned here that People’s Party’s Aseefa Bhutto Zardari returned unopposed to the National Assembly seat of Nawabshah, which was vacated after Asif Ali Zardari’s election as the President of Pakistan. The election commission announced its schedule of by-elections on vacant assemblies’ seats across the country on March 13.