The polling process, with more than 128 million voters, will begin at 8 am (local time) and will continue till 5 pm (local time), Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
The central executive committee (CEC) of the Pakistan Peoples Party-Parliamentarians (PPPP) has formally given approval to the name of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari as the prime ministerial candidate.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday accused Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) of 'conspiring together' to delay the upcoming elections set to be held on February 8 after sensing their defeat.
Nawaz Sharif's nomination papers have been challenged a week after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) gave its approval to the candidature of Pakistan's former PM.
Democracy in Pakistan is both illusive and elusive. Pakistan's institutional imbalance is due to civil and military bureaucracies, non-democratic parties, and weak political institutions like the version of "Game of Thrones."
The decision of PML-N comes a day after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) request to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), seeking an extension in the deadline for filing nomination papers by three days.
Amir Muqam on Saturday suggested that the upcoming general elections should be delayed by two to four weeks due to the prevalent security threat and the weather conditions in the tribal belt.