The scheduled polls for NA-85 Sargodha on February 8 have been unexpectedly postponed, according to a notification issued by the Returning Officer, Shoaib Ahmad Niswana.
The untimely passing of candidate Sadiq Ali led to the decision to postpone the polls.
Prominent contestants in the NA-85 election, such as Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti and Amir Sultan Cheema, were verified to be competing by the electoral watchdog. The constituency’s revised election timetable, however, will be made public at a later time.
This postponement gives the general elections that were supposed to take place on February 8th an unusual twist.
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