ISLAMABAD, Mar 12 (NNI): Following court orders, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has cancelled by-elections on 37 National Assembly seats — scheduled for March 16 and March 19.
According to the four notifications issued by the ECP on Sunday, the election watchdogs suspended its notifications of holding by-elections on 24 NA seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 3 NA seats in Islamabad, one NA seat in Quetta and 9 NA seats in Karachi.
The constituencies where by-elections have been put on halt include, NA-241 Korangi Karachi-III, NA-242 Karachi East-I, NA-243 Karachi East-II, NA-244 Karachi East-III, NA-247 Karachi South-II, NA-250 Karachi West-III, NA-252 Karachi West-V, NA-254 Karachi Central-II, NA-4 Swat, NA-17 Haripur, NA-18 Swabi, NA 22 Mardan, NA 24 Charsadda, NA-25, NA-26 Nowshera, NA 31 Peshawar, NA-32 Kohat, NA-38 Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan), NA-43 Khyber, and NA-265 Quetta-II.
The by-elections scheduled to be held in the constituencies of the federal capital’s constituencies NA 52, 53, 54 have also been suspended. NNI
