The Election Commission has announced to hold by-elections on the 33 National Assembly seats vacated by PTI members, on March 16.
On Jan 25, the top electoral authority denotified 43 members of the National Assembly who were elected on the party's ticket.
Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had accepted the resignations of 43 more PTI legislators in the lower house of the federal Parliament. The NA had earlier processed the resignations at least twice.
The former ruling party had submitted its resignations from the NA in April 2022, in protest at an alleged “regime change conspiracy” that PTI chairman Imran Khan claims was behind the vote of no confidence that ousted his government.
The resignations were not accepted at first – due to statutory requirements and legal procedures, but mostly in the hope that party's chief Imran Khan would take another ‘U-turn’ and return to the assembly. However, they were then processed in batches, with at least 69 resignations approved since 17 January.
In its notification today, the ECP said that the returning officers would issue a public notice on Feb 3. Candidates, it maintained, can file their nomination papers with the ROs from Feb 6-8.
On Jan 25, the top electoral authority denotified 43 members of the National Assembly who were elected on the party's ticket.
Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had accepted the resignations of 43 more PTI legislators in the lower house of the federal Parliament. The NA had earlier processed the resignations at least twice.
The former ruling party had submitted its resignations from the NA in April 2022, in protest at an alleged “regime change conspiracy” that PTI chairman Imran Khan claims was behind the vote of no confidence that ousted his government.
The resignations were not accepted at first – due to statutory requirements and legal procedures, but mostly in the hope that party's chief Imran Khan would take another ‘U-turn’ and return to the assembly. However, they were then processed in batches, with at least 69 resignations approved since 17 January.
In its notification today, the ECP said that the returning officers would issue a public notice on Feb 3. Candidates, it maintained, can file their nomination papers with the ROs from Feb 6-8.