Long overdue elections of Karachi mayor/deputy mayor and chairman/vice chairman of local bodies institutions will be held on August 24.
The ECP on Thursday issued schedule for holding election of Mayors and Deputy Mayors in District Councils, Municipal Committees, Town Committees, Municipal Corporation, District Municipal Corporations and Metropolitan Corporation relating to Sindh province.
However, elections of Municipal Committee Thatta and District Council Thatta, District Thatta and Municipal Committee, Gambat, District Khairpur will be conducted later.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued schedule for mayoral elections in Sindh when an anti-terrorism court has sent Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and its Karachi mayor-designate Waseem Akhtar to jail on physical remand on Tuesday in the terror facilitation case. The court also issued a notice on two separate bail applications, shifting the matter to ATC-I.
However, sources in ECP told Pakistan Today that Waseem Akhtar could contest election even if he is in jail, because he is illegible for the slot of mayor until charges in terror facilitation case are proved against him.
Public notice will be issued by Returning Officers on August 3 and filing of nomination papers with the Returning Officers by the candidates will be done on August 5 and 6.
Scrutiny of nomination papers by the Returning Officers will be done from August 8 to 10 and last date for filing of appeals against decisions of the Returning Officers (accepting/rejecting the nomination papers) will be August 12.
Last date for deciding appeals by appellate authorities will be August 13 and last date for withdrawal of candidature will be August 15.
Publication of revised list of candidates along with symbols will be August 16 and polling will be held on August 24.
Consolidation and declaration of result by the Returning Officer will be done on August 25. It will be followed by administration of oath to the elected mayor/deputy mayor and chairman/vice chairman of the councils on August 30.
