ISLAMABAD – Presidential Election is expected to be held in the second week of March, after the oath-taking of provincial assemblies.
Election Commission of Pakistan will issue the schedule of the presidential election in the coming days.
Presidential elections will be held before Senate’s election after formation of governments in the center and all regions.
After multiple rounds of negotiations, Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz have reached a power-sharing agreement, and Asif Zardari will be the candidate of coalition partners.
Newly elected lawmakers in Sindh and Punjab took their oath during the inaugural sessions amid protests by opposition parties near the provincial legislature’s premises.
