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The commission has appointed Returning Officers (ROs) and Polling Officers (POs) to conduct polls
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday finalized all necessary arrangements for holding Senate elections on Wednesday (March 3) on the seats which are going to be vacant after retirement of members on March 11.
According to an official of ECP, the polling will be held from 0900 hours to 1700 hours simultaneously in the Parliament House Islamabad, and provincial assembly buildings in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The polling is due on two seats in Islamabad, 11 each in Punjab and Sindh, and 12 each in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan- that will fall vacant on the expiration of the term of the members. However there will be no polling in Punjab because of un-contested elections of candidates on all 11 seats of Punjab.
• AGP explains secrecy has been held not to be absolute and eternal
• Four-to-one majority opinion asks ECP to take all measures to conduct fair elections and guard against corrupt practices
• Justice Yahya Afridi rejects presidential reference for not being a point of law
ISLAMABAD: Two days before the March 3 Senate polls, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that elections for the upper house of parliament have to be conducted through secret ballot as required under the Constitution.
The four-to-one majority opinion on a presidential reference was interpreted by both the government and the opposition in their favour. However, Justice Yahya Afridi in his minority opinion held that the presidential reference was not a point of law and be rejected.