Explanation

Mayor Election (Karachi)

Held: 14 June 2023

Winner: Murtaza Wahab (PPP)

Murtaza Wahab won: 173 votes

Second position: Naeemur Rehman (JI)

Naeemur Rehman won: 160 votes

Note: Jamaat-e-Islami rejected Karachi mayor election results, announces ‘black day’ on 15 June 2023

Explanation

By-election held in Rajanpur

Date: 26 February 2023

Winning candidate: Mohsin Leghari

Winning party: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)

Note: The seat was vacated due to demise of PTI’s MNA Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari.

Explanation

By-elections on the vacant seats in the local government bodies

Province: Sindh

Districts: 24

Seats: 63

Date: 7 May 2023

Explanation

• ECP: Election Commission of Pakistan
• ECP disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi from contesting elections for five years under Article 63 (1)(h) of the Constitution.
• Disqualification date: 4 February 2024

Explanation

SC Timeline for Punjab Polls on May 14

The Supreme Court ruled on 4 April 2023 that the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone polls to the Punjab Assembly till Oct 8 was “unconstitutional” and fixed May 14 as the date for polls in the province.

The ECP had on March 22 announced that the elections in Punjab would be held on October 8. The date was earlier set on April 30, in consultation with the president.

The reserved verdict was issued by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan.

The last date for filing appeals against decision of the returning officer rejecting/accepting the nomination papers is April 10

The last date for deciding on appeals by the Appellate Tribunal is April 17

The revised list of candidates will be published on April 18

April 19 will be the last date for the withdrawal of candidature and publication of the revised list of candidates

Electoral symbols will be allotted to contesting candidates on April 20

The court directed the federal government to release election funds worth Rs21 billion to the ECP by April 10 for elections to the assemblies of Punjab and KP.

Explanation

The first session of Sindh provincial assembly was held on August 13, 2018.

Sindh provincial assembly will complete its five years conditional term on 12 August 2023.

The Sindh Assembly stood dissolved on Friday after Governor Kamran Tessori signed the summary forwarded to him by outgoing Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah for its dissolution on 11 August 2023.

Explanation

Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo became the 17th Chief Minister of Baluchistan, on 29 October 2021.

Explanation

Mayor Election (Karachi)

Held: 14 June 2023

Winner: Murtaza Wahab (PPP)

Murtaza Wahab won: 173 votes

Second position: Naeemur Rehman (JI)

Naeemur Rehman won: 160 votes

Note: Jamaat-e-Islami rejected Karachi mayor election results, announces ‘black day’ on 15 June 2023

Explanation

Explanation

Know about dissolution of National Assembly (Lower house) of Pakistan

Number: 15th

Date: 9 August 2023

Summary sent by: PM Shahbaz Sharif

Approved by: President Arif Alvi

Under Article: 58(1)