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Pakistan Election Commission postpones by-polls on 37 National Assembly seats

<span style="color: #222222;">The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday postponed by-polls on 37 National Assembly seats, scheduled for 16th of this month in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad, in compliance with the orders issued by various courts.<br />''<br />''By-polls were scheduled to be held on over 60 National Assembly seats this month. ECP had said that all pending elections for the NA seats would be held this month.<br />''<br />''The National Assembly seats fell vacant as the electoral watchdog de-notified Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehrike-e-Insaf lawmakers after Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf accepted their resignations.<br />''<br />''More than 120 MNAs belonging to the PTI tendered their resignations en masse after Imran Khan's government was ousted through a no-confidence motion in April last year.</span><br />

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