The by-election in NA-154 constituency — left vacant after the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen — will be held on February 12, according to the schedule released by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday.

Candidates will be able to file nomination papers from December 26-28, while the list of candidates will be published on January 16, 2018, after the completion of scrutiny of nomination papers on January 5.

Moreover, the election symbols to the finalised candidates shall be allotted on January 18, read the notification issued today.

The seat of NA-154 constituency in Lodhran fell vacant after the Supreme Court disqualified Tareen for "non-declaration of his property/asset i.e. 'Hyde House' in his nomination papers, and in making an untrue statement" in the court, on a petition filed by PML-N's Hanif Abbasi.

The SC, however, rejected the petition seeking disqualification of PTI chief Imran Khan in the same case.

Tareen later stepped down as the secretary general of the party, after saying that the court had disqualified him on a "mere interpretation of the trust deed".

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