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TODAY MARKS THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.

TODAY MARKS THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.

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ISLAMABAD: Candidates for the more than 600 seats in each of the four provincial assemblies, as well as the 266 general and 70 reserved seats in the National Assembly, have till this Sunday, the last day of filing nomination papers, to contest the first round of the general elections.

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The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and other political parties requested that the three-day deadline for nominations be extended to five days, and the Election Commission of Pakistan granted the request. The deadline was originally set for Friday.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and other candidates filed thousands of additional papers on Saturday, the fourth day of the election.

On Saturday, a number of notable politicians submitted their nomination papers. Among them were Imran Khan, founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Maryam Nawaz, chief organizer of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Akhtar Mengal, a member of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), who is running for NA-264 in Quetta. Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi’s Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, who is running for NA-246 and NA-250 in Karachi, is another prominent politician. Raja Riaz, a former opposition leader, is running for NA-104 in Faisalabad.

Additionally, Imran Khan has submitted his nomination papers from the constituency of Mianwali, where he was born and raised. His attempt to have his conviction in the Toshakhana case suspended denied by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier this week dealt him a setback.

Now, the PTI founder and former prime minister, who is now incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, decided to dispute the IHC’s ruling in the Supreme Court in the hopes of being eligible to run the elections.

at order to await the outcome of his appeal at the IHC, Imran asked the Supreme Court to put his Toshakhana conviction on hold. The Registrar’s Office, however, objected, stating that the appeal’s supporting materials were lacking essential information. The new deadline for re-filing the plea is January 6.

There have been 148 nominations for three seats in the National Assembly from Islamabad thus far. Candidates for the three constituencies include PTI’s Shoaib Shaheen, Aamir Mughal (two seats), Mustafin Kazmi (one seat), and Aamir Shaikh (one seat). Nominees for NA-47 and NA-48 were Zeeshan Naqvi and Rafat Chaudhry of the PML-N, respectively.

The nomination paper for NA-47 was presented by Nadeem Mansoor, a MQM-P candidate, among others. Like the JUI-F, the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Awami Workers Party (AWP) all sent in nomination papers.

According to Sindh’s Provincial Election Commission, 1,405 papers have been received from the Karachi Division thus far, with 333 applications for 22 seats in the National Assembly and 1,072 applications for 47 seats in the Sindh Assembly.

Faryal Talpur, Nisar Khuhro, Rashid Mahmood Soomro, Dr. Safdar Abbasi, Jamil Soomro, Khursheed Junejo, Moazzam Abbasi, Kazim Abbasi, Suhail Siyal, Nadir Magsi, and others are significant contenders in various regions of the province.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman of the JUI-F, Faisal Karim Kundi of the PPP, Ameer Haji Shafiq Qasuria of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Pakistan (TLP), Muhammad Yousaf of the JI, and Makhdoom Jawad Asghar, an independent, all deposited their papers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

Activists and officials in the political sphere predicted that Sunday, the final day for submitting nomination papers for the general elections slated for February 8, 2024, would see a large influx of papers.
The evaluation of the papers submitted will begin by the ECP on Monday (tomorrow), marking the beginning of the next stage of the elections. The updated election schedule states that the vetting process will continue until December 30.

In the third round, candidates have until January 3, 2024, to file an appeal against the nomination papers’ acceptance or rejection; by January 10, 2024, the judgment is anticipated. On January 11th, the ECP will announce the revised slate of candidates.

Nominees have until January 12 to revoke their consent. Following this date, on January 13, the candidate will receive their electoral symbols from the ECP. The general election polls will be open on February 8.

An official from the ECP announced that the deadline for applications from international observers wishing to oversee the general elections has been extended from December 31 to January 20. He reported that more over 200,000 accreditation cards had been printed by the ECP for use in the election coverage.

As a result of the digital census, constituencies have been redrawn, and the 24th election is taking place on that basis. Several judicial cases over the new delimitation are still ongoing. Following the compilation of election results, the ECP stated on Saturday that it would make a decision regarding the objection to the delimitation.

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