ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday announced the schedule of the by-election on constituency NA-249 Karachi West-II, to elect a member to fill the seat, which has become vacant due to the resignation of Muhammad Fesal Vawda.
According to ECP notification, the polling will be held on April 29 and called upon the electors of the said constituency to elect a member to fill the vacant seat.
The public notice will be issued by the returning officer (RO) on March 12 while the dates for filing of nomination papers with the RO by the candidates will be March 13 to March 17.
The date of publication of names of the nominated candidates will be March 18 while the last scrutiny of nomination papers by the Returning Officer will be March 25.
Similarly, the last date for filing of appeals against decisions of the Returning Officer for rejecting or accepting the nomination papers will be March 29 while the last date for deciding of appeals by the Appellate Tribunal April 5.
The publication of a revised list of candidates will be on April 6. The last date for withdrawal of candidature and publication of the revised list of candidates will be April 7 while the allotment of election symbol to contesting candidates will be April 8.
