Candidates continue filing nomination papers across country

Candidates for national and provincial assemblies continue to file nomination papers for general elections schedule for 25th of the next month.

Officials at the Election Commission of Pakistan are receiving nomination papers even on weekly holiday on Sunday. Monday is the last date for filing of nomination papers while preliminary list of the candidates will be issued on the same day.

19th of this month has been fixed last date for scrutiny of nomination papers by the returning officers.

22nd is the last date for filing of appeals against decisions of the returning officers rejecting or accepting nomination papers.

Last date for deciding of appeals by appellate tribunals is 27th of this month while the revised list of candidates will be published the next day.

Last date for withdrawal of candidature and publication of final list is 29th of this month.

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf is the only party so far which has announced its candidates to be contesting in the general elections 2018.

Paksitan Muslim League (Nawaz) and the Pakistan Peoples’ Party still appear uncertain in deciding to pitch their candidates for the upcoming polls.

PML-N is going to hold its meeting today to finalize the list of potential candidates. The meeting will also decide the fate of former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar whose relations with the PML-N founder Nawaz Sharif became quiet strained. It is expected that the PML-N will announce the names of its candidates by the evening.