PDM to once again flex muscles in anti-govt rally in Bannu today
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PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maryam Nawaz and others to address Bannu rally today
PPP to be represented by Farhattullah Babar
Meeting being held despite opposition from the KP Sports Department
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is set to hold an anti-government rally and public gathering today in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu.
PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other leading Opposition figures such as PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, Qaumi Watan Party s Aftab Khan Sherpao and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party s Mehmood Khan Achakzai are expected to address the gathering. Farhatullah Babar is expected to represent the PPP at the rally.
ECP announces schedule of by-polls in 2 NA, 5 provincial assemblies seats
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A file photo of ECP board outside its office. Photo: AFP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday announced the schedule for by-polls on two National Assembly and five provincial assemblies’ seats.
The notifications state that in pursuance of the provisions of Section57 of the Elections Act 2017 read with Section 102 thereof and clause (4) of Article 224 and Article 254 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic if Pakistan, the ECP has called upon the electors to elect members of national and provincial assemblies.
By-polls for Sindh Assembly’s PS-43 (Sanghar III) and PS-88 (Malir II) and Balochistan Assembly’s PB-20 (Pishin III) will be held on February 16, 2021, while the voters in NA-45 (Kurram I) and NA-75 (Sialkot IV) and Punjab Assembly’s PP-51 (Gujranwala I) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s PK-63 (Nowshera III) will elect their representatives on February 19, 2021