ECP Announces By-Elections Schedule Of Punjab.

The Election Commission of Pakistan released the schedule for the by-elections of Punjab on Thursday.

According to a statement issued by the ECP, the by-elections of NA-157 Multan, PP 139 Sheikhupura and PP 241 Bahawalnagar will be held on September 11.

It should be noted that Zain Qureshi, the candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won by securing more than 77,000 votes in the NA-157 election in the 2018 general elections, while the candidate of PML-N got around 70,000 votes.

The seat was vacated by Zain Qureshi of PTI, who had contested in Punjab Assembly Constituency PP-217 as a Member Provincial Assembly candidate and defeated Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate Salman Naeem.

It should be remembered that in the 2018 general election, PTI candidate Shah Mehmood Qureshi was defeated by independent candidate Salman Naeem, who later joined PTI through Jahangir Tareen.

Meanwhile, the seat of PP...