The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is demanding that elections on 33 seats of the National Assembly (NA) be held on March 19 instead of March 16.
PTI leader Asad Umar wrote a letter to the secretary of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), wherein he said that the latter had issued the schedule for the by-polls, whereby Thursday has been fixed as the polling day.
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He highlighted that given that Thursday is a working day, most people would be busy with their private and official affairs, and this would risk “disenfranchising a large number of voters”.
He said that even if a public holiday is announced, there is a possibility of negative impact on the turnout. A slight change in the date will encourage voters’ participation in the electoral process, he added.
He, therefore, demanded that the Election Commission should revise its schedule and conduct elections in these 33 constituencies on Sunday, March 19 instead.
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