The District Election Commissioner has said that the local government by-poll on vacant seats of various categories in Village and Neighborhood Councils in Dera Ismail Khan would be held on August 27. According to a notification issued by District Election Commissioner Abdul Rauf Khan Marwat, the candidates could submit their nomination papers from July 17 to July 19.
The list of candidates who submitted nomination papers would be released on July 20, while the scrutiny of nomination papers would be held from July 21 to 24. The appeals against acceptance and rejection of papers could be filed from July 25 to July 26 and the decision on these appeals would be made by August 1.
The revised list of candidates would be made public on August 2 and the candidates would be able to withdraw their nomination papers till August 3. The final list of candidates would be issued on August 4 and election symbols would be allotted on the same day. According to the code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the promotion and transfer of government employees in the district has been banned.
