LAHORE: The district monitoring office of the Election Commission of Pakistan has issued notices to various candidates in the run for Punjab Assembly’s constituency PP-38, Sialkot, and some officers of various departments on violations of the code of conduct for the polls.

The ECP officer directed the Sialkot assistant commissioner to remove all the banners and panaflexes hoisted in the area pertaining to election campaigns of various candidates.

He also issued notices to PML-N MNA Armaghan Subhani for running the election campaign of his cousin Tariq Subhani and directed them both to appear before him on Tuesday (July 13) to explain their violations of the code of conduct.

On the other hand, Najamul Hassan, another candidate, has submitted a complaint against Ali Abbas, deputy secretary to the chief minister for Gujranwala division, for misusing his office to harass Mr Hassan’s voters.

The monitoring officer directed the complainant to appear before him along with the evidence against the deputy secretary.

The director general of Gujranwala Electric Supply Company (Gepco) was also issued a notice for transfers and postings despite a ban on the same until the by-polls were over. He was directed to immediately cancel the orders for transfer of junior engineers or face legal action.

Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2021