By-polls: NA-9 election on May 8

Submissions will start from April 1 and candidates will be allowed to submit nominations till April 18.

The regional election commission announced the schedule of by-polls for NA-9, Skardu-3, which was vacated by Wazir Shakeel.

Shakeel left his post to be a judge in Gilgit-Baltistan’s chief court. The election for his constituency will be held on May 8, said the election commission on Thursday.

Submissions will start from April 1 and candidates will be allowed to submit nominations till April 18.


Candidates who are bank defaulters and/or representatives of a banned organisation will not be eligible to contest.

According to the election commission, the total registered voters in NA-9, Skardu -3 are 24,088, 52% of whom are men.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2013.
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