ECP schedule says candidates may submit their nomination papers between Oct 24 and 27, while scrutiny of the papers will take place between Oct 31 and Nov 4
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday announced the schedule for the first-ever party-based local government elections in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), according to which the polling will take place on November 30.
According to the ECP, the election candidates may submit their nomination papers between October 24 and October 27, while scrutiny of the papers will take place between October 31 and November 4.
The candidates will have until November 10 to withdraw their nomination papers and on November 11, the final list of candidates will be published. Elections results will be announced by the ECP on December 3.
The election schedule comes a day after the Supreme Court had directed the ECP to issue a schedule for local government polls in Islamabad by Friday.
The ECP assured the Supreme Court on Thursday that the schedule for holding local government polls in Islamabad will be announced on Friday.
The last local government elections in Islamabad were held in 1992 under the Federal Capital Local Government Ordinance 1979, but those were limited to 12 rural union councils in the peripheries of Islamabad.
When the case was taken up on Thursday, the AAG told the court that the process of framing of the rules had been completed and the same had also been notified. He also submitted copies of the notification under which the local bodies elections were to be held.
The chief justice then adjourned further proceedings for 40 days, when the delimitation of wards in Islamabad would have been completed.
Earlier, on March 10, the ECP had proposed elections be held on July 25.
