Last day for winning candidates to submit campaign expense to ECP

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Today is the last for all the winning candidates to submit their election campaign expenses to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). In his statement, the ECP stated that the electoral body will issue official notifications of all successful candidates in General Election 2018 by August 9. The electoral body also informed that newly-elected those candidates who fail to submit their expense details today, would not get their notification from ECP. On the other hand, the Returning Officers (RO) have finalised the form 49, a form through which the results are being arranged. After the issuance of the notification, the successful independent candidates would have three days to join a party. The strength of all political parties in the national and provincial assemblies will be determined by August 7, after which the ECP will issue notifications of successful candidates from reserved seats. Assembly sessions will be called after the electoral body will have notified all successful candidates. Candidates, after taking oath in the National Assembly, will elect the speaker of the House along with the prime minister.