Pakistan Election Commission Cancels Senate By-Election Following Disqualification

'No oath, no membership': ECP withdraws notification for Senate by-poll on seat won by PTI's Murad Saeed

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday formally withdrew its April 2 notification for the by-election programme for a general Senate seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which it had earlier declared vacant following the disqualification of PTI senator-elect Murad Saeed. In a notification, the ECP withdrew the election programme issued under its April 2 notification to “fill one general seat” in the Senate from KP, in pursuance of an order dated Aug 20. The withdrawal came a ...

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