KARACHI: Major political parties in Sindh province have agreed to request the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to delay local government (LG) elections in Sindh, reported SIAL NEWS.
Political parties that agreed to extend local government elections included the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the Muttahida Qaumi-Pakistan Movement (MQM-P), the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA).
The cross-party consensus has emerged during a steering committee meeting on changes to the local government law in the province. “The recommendations of the committee will be forwarded to the ECP in the next 48 hours,” they said.
Calendar of the first phase of the LG surveys
The decision to postpone the local government elections came after the ECP recently published the election schedule.
According to the schedule, the nomination papers for the second phase of the local government (LG) elections in Sindh will be submitted to the relevant tellers (RO) from June 8 to 11.
The publication of the names of the nominated candidates will be on June 13.
The canvass of nomination papers by ROs will be June 15-17. The date for filing appeals against the RO’s decision will be June 18-22, while the last date for appeals to be decided by the appellate authority will be June 25.
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The date of publication of the revised list of candidates will be June 27 while the last date of withdrawal and publication of the revised list candidate The list will be June 28.
The date for the assignment of symbols to the contending candidates will be June 29, while the elections will be held on July 24 and the results will be consolidated on July 28.
