Arrangements completed for by-polls

The Election Commission has completed the arrangements for by elections to be held on the 16th of this month in nine constituencies of the National Assembly and three constituencies of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab.

This was informed by Secretary Election Commission Sikandar Sultan Raja, while chairing an important meeting here on Tuesday (4th of October, 2022) to review the preparations for upcoming by-elections.

The Commission was briefed regarding the second phase of local body elections in Sindh, which are scheduled to be held on 23 of this month.

The Election Commissioner was further informed that the Election Commission has written to the Federal Government for an amount of 600 million rupees to hold by-polls, but these funds have not been received yet.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.