ECP gears up for February 8 elections

ISLAMABAD On Wednesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) wrapped up the review and hearings of objections to nomination papers. On Thursday, the ECP will present the preliminary lists of candidates.

As of Wednesday, candidates have until Friday to choose to withdraw their nomination papers, according to a spokesman for the top electoral body.

It further stated that the appeals hearing procedure against the approval or disapproval of nomination papers by the appellate tribunals presided over by high court judges completed on Wednesday.

The final list of candidates will released on Saturday. Which also happens to the day that electoral symbols are assigned.

The upcoming phase would provide more clarity regarding which of their final contenders would participate in the pivotal election contest.

Political parties prepared their post-election campaign schedules, but they have not yet released their manifestos, which should happen this coming week.

The general elections are scheduled for the following month’s eighth.

Also Read: Pakistan’s passport is still the fourth worst in the world.

KARACHI: According to private news channel on Thursday. The Pakistani passport is still ranked fourth in the world for the new year and hasn’t improved in at least the previous five years.

The passport has ranked as the fourth worst. According to data from Henley and Partners, a UK-based citizenship and residence advisory firm that rates 199 countries on its index. This is after the passport began to decline in July of last year.

According to the company’s Global Mobility Report 2024. The nation’s passport has a score of 34, placing it 101st (out of 104) on the Henley Passport Index. read more…..