The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the schedule for the presidential election with voting to take place on March 9. According to the ECP schedule which was released on Friday, nomination papers for the presidential election can be submitted till 12:00 noon by Saturday (tomorrow). The process scrutinizing the nomination papers will be completed by March 4. Candidates can withdraw their nomination papers on March 5 and the final list of contestants will be released on March 6. The time for voting in the presidential election has been fixed from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party and other allied parties had already announced their joint presidential candidate which is Asif Ali Zardari.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)