ECP responds to the news of date finalisation for Elections 2018

ECP responds to the news of date finalisation for Elections 2018

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has responded to the news of finalisation of date for the General Elections 2018.

ECP has denied on Wednesday news reports which had stated the commission has recommended that the 2018 general elections should be held by the end of July.

In a statement, the ECP said today that neither has a date been fixed for the upcoming polls nor is any particular date being considered.

The ECP termed all such news reports as baseless.

Earliet it was reported on Tuesday that ECP officials have been pondering over July 25 or 26 (Wednesday or Thursday) as tentative dates for the polls.

The commission has started working on the summary for elections date, sources said, which would be forwarded to the president.