NA-120 election schedule likely to be announced next week

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan is expected to announce the schedule for NA-120 (Lahore) which has been left vacant following Nawaz Sharif's disqualification from public office.

According to a private news channel, the by-election on NA-120 would be held in the second week of September.

The Election Commission is bound to conduct by-election in the constituency within 60 days and the names of officiating officials would be forwarded to the Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday.

The chief justice of the high court has also been contacted to nominate two judges for the appellate authority, sources revealed.

The seat was won by Nawaz Sharif in the 2013 general election after he secured 91,683 votes against 52,354 votes of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Yasmeen Rashid. —APP