ECP code violation: PML-N's Shaista Pervaiz pays Rs20,000 fine

ISLAMABAD: PML-N candidate for NA-133, Shaista Pervaiz Malik on Tuesday paid a fine of Rs20,000 for violating the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) code of conduct for by-election in the National Assembly constituency slated for Dec 5.

The district monitoring officer imposed the fine on Ms Malik for breaching the code of conduct.

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Shaista Pervaiz deposited the fine amount with the treasury, the Election Commission said.

The Parliament’s lower house seat from Lahore was vacated due to the death of PML-N MNA Pervaiz Malik.

The commission has released the final polling scheme for the National Assembly constituency NA-133. The election commission has setup overall 254 polling stations and 821 polling booths, the DRO said.

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The election authority has declared 21 polling stations as ‘extremely sensitive’ and 199 polling stations as ‘sensitive’. The constituency have total 4,40,485 registered voters.