KARACHI: With all eyes set on the vacant National Assembly seat in Karachi, Awami National Party (ANP) has also announced to field its candidate for elections on NA-249, ARY NEWS reported on Sunday.
According to details, the ANP has nominated Haji Aurangzeb Buneri to contest polls in NA-249 from its ticket after the seat was vacated by Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda on the same day he was elected a Senator from the Sindh province.
Earlier in the day, Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) has announced to contest the by-election in Karachi’s constituency NA-249.
The party’s head Syed Mustafa Kamal, Syed Hafeezuddin and Humayun Usman have received nomination papers for the by-election, scheduled to take place on April 29.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, Miftah Ismail and Pakistan People’s Party Sindh’s President Nisar Khuhro have been among the candidates who have received nomination papers for the by-election in Karachi West district.
The NA-249 seat fell vacant after PTI MNA Faisal Vawda resigned as a member of the lower house of Parliament to contest elections for Senate.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has slapped a ban on transfers and postings of the government officials in the constituency, while the announcement of development schemes is also prohibited.
The ECP has stated that the candidates can submit their nomination papers from March 13 to March 17, following which a final list of candidates will be displayed.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be held on March 25 while appeals against rejection or acceptance of papers could be filed on March 29 and a decision on these would be announced on April 6.
Candidates can withdraw their nomination papers until April 7 and the election symbol will be allotted on April 8. Polling for the by-election will be held on April 29.
