Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday established a central monitoring cell at ECP Secretariat Islamabad to monitor the bye elections in NA-120, Lahore-III and PP-4, Gujar Khan.
According to ECP, the commission has also constituted monitoring teams to fully monitor the code of conduct and other directives of ECP for bye elections in NA-120, Lahore-III and PP-4 Gujar Khan.
These teams with having 27 officials will continue reporting to ECP Secretariat and take legal action on time. It added for any complaint, the cell could be approached on telephone number 051-9217108.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday met with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza and requested him to allow parliamentarians to participate in campaign of by-election NA-120, Lahore-III.
According to ECP, Chief Election Commission (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza has sent the request of PTI leader to ECP four members for legal opinion. The CEC will make any decision on the matter in the light of legal opinion of ECP members, it added.
