ISLAMABAD: The local bodies by-polls scheduled to be held on November 17 might be postponed in view of deteriorating law and order situation and rough weather conditions in various parts of the country, ARY OneWorld reported here Friday.
The three provinces - Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan - have asked the federal government to hold back the local bodies’ by-polls to a later time. Polls have already been postponed in Balochistan after October 29 eartquake.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will decide whether to hold by-polls as per announced scheduled or to postpone it in its meeting here today. Sources said the ECP will probably decide postponing the polls, reported ARY OneWorld.
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