Revised schedule for LB elections in KP issued, polling to be held on March 31

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The Election Commission has issued the revised schedule for the second phase of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.
According to the 24News HD TV channel, polling for the second phase of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be held on March 31.
Candidates will be able to submit nomination papers from February 14 to 18 and the initial list of the candidates will be released the next day on February 19.
Nomination papers of the candidates will be scrutinized from February 21 to 23 and the final list of the candidates will be released on March 2.
Candidates will be allotted election symbols on March 4 and the results will be compiled by April 4.
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday suspended the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision to postpone the second phase of local body (LB) elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
A two-member bench of the apex court, consisting of Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Ayesha A Malik, heard the appeal filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the high court’s verdict.