For Block Samiti seats, candidates have been released from constituencies including Ajnala, Raja Sansi, Baba Bakala, Jandiala, Barnala, Bhadaur, Rampura Phul, Bhucho Mandi, Talwandi Sabo, Abohar, Balluana, Firozpur City, Firozpur Rural, Batala, Mukerian, Sultanpur Lodhi, Phagwara, Kapurth
The Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab Sibin C announced that all preparations for the bye-elections for the four Punjab Assembly seats have been completed to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections.
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the election commission's plea asking the top court to revisit its order of holding elections to the Punjab Assembly on May 14, Dawn reported.
Accusing the Pakistan government of "blatantly" violating the Supreme Court's orders to conduct elections in Punjab, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, Imran Khan claimed that it was doing so out of fear of losing elections and told his supporters that there will be no elections in Pakist
The ECP, in the 14-page petition, had asked the apex court to review its decision as the judiciary "doesn't have the authority to give the date of elections."
The electoral authority had postponed the Punjab polls to October, which the PTI had challenged. The Supreme Court, in an April 4 order, declared the ECP's decision to be unconstitutional, without lawful authority or jurisdiction, void ab-initio and of no legal effect.
The bypoll, voting for which was held on May 10, was necessitated following the death of Karamjit Kaur's husband and Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary on January 14 this year following a cardiac arrest while taking part in the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
A petition demanding that elections be held nationwide on the same day will be heard by a three-member Supreme Court bench on Friday, reported Geo News. A three-member bench, headed by CJP, will hear the case today.
Rana Sanaullah, the interior minister of Pakistan, reaffirmed on Saturday that he does not anticipate the Punjab elections taking place on May 14 despite the Supreme Court set that date, Geo News reported.
The deadline for submitting party tickets and receiving symbol allotments for candidates seeking to run in the Punjab Assembly elections was extended by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday, Geo News reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Tuesday that the conduct of elections on May 14 is becoming impossible owing to the lack of resources and forces to maintain law and order in its answer to the Supreme Court of Pakistan about elections in Punjab, Geo News reported.