PAK: ELECTION COMMISSION GEARS UP TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL POLL BY MARCH 9

As the general elections were conducted on February 8, Pakistan’s presidential election needs to be held by March 9, just two days prior to the retirement of half of the 1OO-member Senate.

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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is gearing up to hold the election for the office of Pakistan’s President by March 9, two days prior to the retirement of half of the senators after completing their sixyear terms, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.

A senior Pakistan Peoples Party office-bearer said, “The president will be elected by the present senators after setting up all four provincial assemblies,” adding that the election could be held on March 9 or 10, according to Dawn report.

The six-party alliance, set to form a coalition government at the Centre under the PMLN leader Shehbaz Sharif, has already declared PPP chairman Asif Ali Zardari as its consensus candidate for Pakistan’s top constitutional office.