Local PML-N and PTI leaders are making efforts to get party tickets and 15 candidates have submitted their nomination papers for contesting the election for the seat of mayor. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: Local PML-N and PTI leaders are making efforts to get party tickets and 15 candidates have submitted their nomination papers for contesting the election for the seat of mayor.
The last day for submission of nomination papers was Friday.
According to District Election Commissioner Naeem Ahmed, the election will be held on Dec 28.
The seat fell vacant on Oct 1 after the surprise resignation of PML-N’s Sheikh Anser Aziz. The party holds a majority in the 70-member Municipal Corporation of Islamabad as it currently has 45 members against 25 of the PTI.
ISLAMABAD: In a significant development ahead of the election on the vacant seat of capital’s mayor, three potential candidates are out of the electoral race even before submission of their nomination papers.
All the three deputy mayors belonging to the ruling PML-N in Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) - Azam Khan, Syed Zeeshan Naqvi and Chaudhry Riffat Javed - were supposed to contest the election but they were told that only chairmen, vice chairmen and members of union councils (UCs) can contest the polls for the office of mayor.
The seat fell vacant on Oct 1 after the surprised resignation of Sheikh Anser Aziz. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is all set to hold the election on Dec 28.