Pakistan

ECP releases schedule of vacant PTI reserved seats

Final list of qualified candidates will be released on September 16

Our Correspondent August 25, 2018

The ECP officials said the delay was due to the pressing circumstances which were beyond their control. PHOTO:FILE

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday was issued a schedule by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to nominate women on reserved seats earlier allocated to the party.

As the list provided by the party lacks the required number of names, one National Assembly and two reserved seats in the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remain vacant.

The schedule issued by the electoral body states that nomination papers can be submitted between August 28 and 30 and the final list of qualified candidates will be released on September 16.

PTI gets lion’s share of reserved seats in NA

According to Express News, the provincial election commissioner of K-P has been appointed as the returning officer.

According to the schedule, only PTI candidates can submit the nomination papers on the three vacant reserved seats. The nomination papers will be submitted and then examined until September 4. Appeals can be filed by September 8 and the decisions on the appeals will be made by September 13.

A breakdown of reserved seats for women, minorities in NA

The final list will be released three days after.

Dr Shireen Mazari, Munaza Hassan, Andaleeb Abbas, and Asma Hadeed were among the most prominent female leaders elected in Punjab on reserved seats. Aliya Hamza Malik, Javaria Zafar, Kanwal Shauzab, Dr Seemin Abdul Rehman Bokhari, Sobia Kamal Khan and Nousheen Hamid managed to bag NA seats.