According to details, Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in districts where by-elections are being held, including Lahore, Kasur and Chakwal. Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in Bhakkar, Rahim Yar Khan, Wazirabad, Narowal, Sheikhupura, and Dera Ghazi Khan.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Punjab Information Secretary Shaukat Mehmood Basra expressed confidence in his party and said that PTI-backed candidates will emerge victorious in the by-election through the power of the vote
A total of 239 candidates will contest 23 vacant seats in both national and provincial assemblies in the upcoming bye-elections on April 21, ARY News reported, citing an official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday.
BJP's by-election candidate for Ramnagar constituency, Dipak Majumder on Saturday lashed out at the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPIM and asserted that the party is set for a mass rejection in the upcoming by elections.
Gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections and the simultaneous by-elections in Tripura's Ramnagar assembly constituency, Chief Electoral Officer of Tripura (West) Dr Vishal Kumar, said on Friday that multi-colour ballot papers and separate polling compartments will be introduced exclusively
Former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has claimed that if by-elections are held on the nine assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party will also come to power in the state along with that in Centre.
The Election Commission of Pakistan is allotting electoral symbols to candidates contesting by-elections for 23 national and provincial assembly seats, ARY News reported on Saturday.
In the welcome ceremony of BJP leader K.L. Thakur, former Chief Minister and opposition leader Jai Ram Thakur expressed confidence in the BJP's triumph in both the upcoming Lok Sabha and Himachal Pradesh assembly by-elections, slated for June 4.
"We are ready for the Lok Sabha elections. Congress will win all the 6 Assembly seats (where by-elections are being held)..." said Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister.