NAROWAL: Additional Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Muhammad Iqbal, acting as returning officer, has issued the by-election schedule for Punjab Assembly constituency PP-52 (Sambrial), which fell vacant after the death of MPA Chaudhry Arshad Warraich.

Nomination papers will be received from April 23 to 25; the candidate list will be displayed on April 26; scrutiny and appeal hearings will conclude by May 10; and the final list will be issued on May 11, with May 12 as the last date for withdrawal.

Election symbols will be allotted on May 13 and polling will be held on June 1.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2025

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