Election Commission announces re-polling dates for 5 seats

Re-polling to be held at select polling stations of 3 national assembly seats, 2 provincial seats.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced re-polling dates for three National Assembly and two provincial assembly constituencies, Express News reported on Wednesday.

The re-polling comes as a result of complaints made my political parties. Different parties alleged that rigging took place on the day of general elections.

Re-polling will be held at select polling stations in NA-269 Khuzdar, NA-41 Tribal Area 6 [Birmal, Waha, Trikhel and Tiaraza tehsils of South Waziristan Agency] and NA-46 Tribal Area 11 [Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency]. The provincial seats are PK-71 Bannu 2 and PK-72 Bannu 3.

The schedule is:

• NA-41 – May 21


• NA-46 – May 25


• NA-269 – May 21


• PK-71 – May 25


• PK-72 – May 25

The commission had earlier directed returning officers to hold re-elections at 43 polling stations of NA-250 Karachi on May 19.