Polls on 4 NA, 8 PAs seats put off

ISLAMABAD—Elections have not been held in 4 constituencies of National Assembly (NA), 5 of Punjab Assembly and 3 of NWFP mainly due to death of candidates and the Election Commission (EC) has issued orders for postponement of elections under section 18 of Peoples Act 1976.
The elections were postponed in NA-207 Larkana cum Shikarpur due to assassination of Benazir Bhutto, in NA-119 Lahore due to death of PML-Q candidate Tariq Banday, in NA-42 tribal area-7 and NA-37 tribal area 2 due to deteriorating law and order situation. Election Commission postponed elections in the constituencies of Punjab Assembly (PA) including PP-99 Gujranwala owing to death of PPP candidate Nasir Mehmood Sindhu, PP-70 due to death of Chaudhry Asghar Ali, candidate of Pakistan Ghareeb Party, PP-141 Lahore-4 due to death of PML-Q candidate Tariq Banday, PP-171 Nankana-2 due to death of Arshid Ali Arshid and PP-145 Lahore -18 due to death of PML-N candidate, Chaudhry Asif Ashraf.
The orders were issued for postponement of elections on 3 seats of NWFP assembly including PF-59 Batgram due to death of JUI-F candidate Haji Muhammad Ayyaz Khan, PF-81 Swat-2 due to killing of PML candidate. —Online