{"id":321552,"date":"2023-03-25T00:14:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=321552"},"modified":"2023-03-25T00:14:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:14:41","slug":"ecp-issues-notification-to-hold-elections-in-punjab-on-oct-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ecp-issues-notification-to-hold-elections-in-punjab-on-oct-8\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP issues notification to hold elections in Punjab on Oct 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday issued a notification regarding the holding of general elections in Punjab on October 8 next. According to the notification, the polling day for general elections in Punjab will be October 8, 2023.<br \/>\nThe ECP also withdrew the schedule issued earlier for the holding of general elections in Punjab in April 2023. A couple of days ago, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed the elections in Punjab due to security threats.<br \/>\nThe elections initially scheduled to be held on April 30. President Arif Alvi had announced the date for the Punjab polls after consulting the ECP.<br \/>\nThe ECP had issued a notification and said that in order to organise and conduct the elections in accordance with the law in a peaceful manner, the commission had written letters to the ministry of interior and defence for the \u201cdeployment of Pakistan Army\/Rangers and Frontier Corps at all the polling stations\u201d established for the conduct of general election to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in static mode.<br \/>\nThe ECP had also said that for deputation on election duty, there was a shortfall of approximately 386,623 security personnel which can only be covered by deploying Army soldiers and Rangers in static mode.<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Interior, however, had conveyed to the commission, via a letter, that the deployment of civil and armed forces as required by the election commission would not be possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday issued a notification regarding the holding of general elections in Punjab on October 8 next. According to the notification, the polling day for general elections in Punjab will be October 8, 2023. 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