The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday failed to publish the final list of candidates for the upcoming general elections in accordance with the amended schedule announced by it on June 8.
Under the revised schedule, the candidates were to be allotted election symbols and final list of candidates was to be published on June 30, but even the number of candidates left in the run was not available at the ECP’s headquarters late Thursday.
When contacted, an ECP official, however, said the law had not been violated as the returning officers had displayed final lists of candidates outside their offices and had also provided the candidates with their copies.
According to him, the returning officers send the copies of the lists to district returning officers, which are then sent to the district election commissioners who forward the same to the regional election commissioners. The RECs then send these lists for printing of ballot papers.
