Election 2018: ECP decides to halt results of 32 constituencies
The decision has been taken due to courts orders to conduct vote recount.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday has decided to halt election results of 32 national and provincial assemblies’ constituencies.
According to sources, the decision has been taken due to court’s order to conduct vote recount in 15 National Assembly and 17 provincial assemblies’ constituencies.
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It is to be mentioned here that ECP had restrained victory notifications of Pervez Khattak in NA-25 Nowshera, Khawaja Asif in NA-73 Sialkot, Hameed Ali in NA-90 and Zulfiqar Bhatti in NA-91.
Likewise, the court also stopped the commission from releasing triumph announcements of Farrukh Habib in NA-108, Junaid Anwar Chaudhry in NA-112, Imran Khan in NA-131, Sardar Talib in NA-140, Naveed Dairo in NA-215 and Ranaullah in NA-106.
The ECP will notify final results of the general elections 2018 of remaining constituencies today. The independent candidates will have to declare affiliation with political parties within three days after the notification.
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However, the notification of candidates on special seats will be issued on Saturday, after which the president will summon National Assembly’s session.
The newly-elected parliamentarians will take oath and elect the speaker and leader of house in the same session.
The governors of all the four provinces will summon session of provincial assemblies according to the rules.
