ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja left country on Wednesday to spend vacation abroad, Dunya News reported.
According to sources, the CEC has gone abroad on a private visit and he will stay for five to six days. Sikandar Raja will again assume his duties as CEC after his return to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, elections on six vacant seats of the Senate are being held on Thursday. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), polling will be held at the National Assembly as well as at Sindh and Balochistan assemblies.
The polling started at 9am and will continue till 4pm at Parliament House, as well as in the buildings of the Sindh and Balochistan assemblies.