ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued the schedule forthe Presidential election in Pakistan.
As far as the number game is concerned in all provincial assemblies,National Assembly and Senate is concerned, PTI leads the game with 346votes.
The opposition alliance has 320 votes while the independents score stand at23. This depicts that PTI is in comfortable position to get its Presidentelected.
ECP has asked candidates of the presidential election to submit theirnomination papers to presiding officers till August 27 (on Monday).
The candidates can file their nomination papers with presiding officers inIslamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta upto 12 noon.
The scrutiny of the papers will be carried out on Wednesday next whilst thecandidates can withdraw their nomination papers until Thursday next afterwhich the final list will be made public on the same day.
The president is elected by an electoral college comprising members of theSenate, National Assembly and four provincial assemblies. Voting is heldthrough a secret ballot.
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has summoned meeting of members ofparliament on 4th of next month in Islamabad, for election of new Presidentof Pakistan.