ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued the polling schedule for by-election in Peshawar’s NA-4 constituency scheduled to be held on October 26.
The seat had fallen vacant after the demise of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Gulzar Khan.
As per the ECP’s schedule, interested candidates can file their nomination papers from September 18 to 20 while the returning officer (RO) of the constituency will conduct scrutiny of the nomination forms from September 21-23.
The last date for filing of appeals against the RO’s decision of rejecting or accepting nomination papers is September 27 while the last date for the appellate tribunal to decide on appeals is October 2.
According to the ECP, the last date for withdrawal of candidature is October 3, after which the publication of the revised list of candidates will take place on October 4.
Gulzar Khan had won the constituency on the PTI ticket by garnering around 55,000 votes in the May 2013 general election. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Nasir Khan Moosazai came in second with 20,000 votes.
