Following court orders, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has cancelled by-elections on 37 National Assembly seats — scheduled for March 16 and March 19, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

According to the four notifications issued by the ECP on Sunday, the election watchdogs suspended its notifications of holding by-elections on 24 NA seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 3 NA seats in Islamabad, one NA seat in Quetta and 9 NA seats in Karachi. 

 The constituencies where by-elections have been put on halt include, NA-241 Korangi Karachi-III, NA-242 Karachi East-I, NA-243 Karachi East-II, NA-244 Karachi East-III, NA-247 Karachi South-II, NA-250 Karachi West-III, NA-252 Karachi West-V, NA-254 Karachi Central-II, NA-4 Swat, NA-17 Haripur, NA-18 Swabi, NA 22 Mardan, NA 24 Charsadda, NA-25, NA-26 Nowshera, NA 31 Peshawar, NA-32 Kohat, NA-38 Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan), NA-43 Khyber, and NA-265 Quetta-II.   

The by-elections scheduled to be held in the constituencies of the federal capital’s constituencies NA 52, 53, 54 have also been suspended.