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Sunday, May 19, 2013
ECP directs successful candidates to file returnsStaff Report
ISLAMABAD: Successful candidates from the general elections 2013 have been allowed to file their returns of election expenses by May 20 with the Returning Officers concerned.
The candidates who have been elected against reserved seats for women and minorities have also been directed to file their returns of election expenses.
A statement issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that all the independent candidates shall submit an affidavit stating that each one of them is joining a particular political party voluntarily and without any coercion. The affidavit shall be duly sworn before the Oath Commissioner and shall be deposited with the Provincial Election Commissioner concerned or with the Deputy Director (Cord.), Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad.
All the successful candidates shall file their returns of election expenses by May 20, with the Returning Officers concerned. Any successful candidate including the candidates for seats reserved for women and non-Muslims shall not be notified in the official gazette, unless he/she deposits the returns of election expenses as required under the law.
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