ISLAMABAD: According to officials of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has approved Asif Ali Zardari and Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s candidacy papers for the presidential election.
“No objections were raised on Zardari’s nomination papers,” PPP’s Farooq H Naek told the media in Islamabad.
Meanwhile, PTI’s Amir Dogar, accompanied by Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) president Achakzai and Ali Muhammad Khan, declared that the electoral body had approved the nomination papers of the Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) nominee for the office of head of state.
Meanwhile, the ECP has restricted the media from reporting on the examination process of nomination papers filed for the presidential elections scheduled March 9.
As per the schedule issued by the electoral body, the scrutiny of the nomination papers is to culminate today after which the ECP will publish a list of nominated candidates.
Next comes the voting phase which will be held on March 9 from 10am to 4pm in NA and all the provincial assemblies.
According to the Second Schedule, the chief election commissioner will serve as the returning officer for the election whereas presiding officers appointed by the ECP will preside over the presidential election that will see members of the National Assembly, Senate and all four provincial assemblies voting to elect the head of the state.
