Presidential election: All set for smooth electoral process at PA

All necessary arrangements have been made for smooth electoral process at Punjab Assembly for Presidential election being held on Tuesday.

Chief Justice Lahore High Court Yawar Ali will perform Returning Officer's duty while six officers including Registrar Lahore High Court will assist him as Polling Officers.

A detailed directions-notice has been pasted at Punjab Assembly building to guide members about the whole electoral process.

Two polling booths will be established to facilitate three hundred fifty four MPAs to cast their votes.

Final list of candidates for presidential elections issued

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday published the final list of candidates for the presidential election.

As per the final list, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Dr Arif Alvi, Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Aitzaz Ahsan and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman are in the run for the presidential election to be held on September 4.

A day earlier, the ECP accepted nomination papers of four candidates out of the 12 that had submitted them. However, Fazl's covering candidate Amir Muqam withdrew from the run today.

The deadline for candidates vying for the office of the country’s president to withdraw their candidature ended at noon on Aug 30. Muqam was the only one who withdrew from the presidential contest.