By IRNA
Islamabad : The Election Commission of Pakistan has cancelled election in the constituency where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was contesting election for the Lower House of the Parliament, the Commission said on Friday.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27 in the city of Rawalpindi after she addressed a huge election public meeting.
“The election process was terminated on National Assembly-207 Larkana-cum-Shikarpur in Sindh due to the death of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto,” the commission said in a statement.
No fresh date was announced for the elections.
“As such, fresh proceedings will commence after election schedule for the said constituencies is announced by the Election Commission, in due course of time and in due process of law,” the commission said.
Secretary Commission Kanwar Dilshad said remaining contesting candidates are not required to file fresh nomination papers but fresh candidates would be given a chance to file papers.
Election was also cancelled on a Constituency of the Provincial Assembly of North West Frontier Province due to killing of a candidate in a bomb attack.
Miangul Asfandyar Amir Zeb, a pro-President Pervez Musharraf candidate and 8 other people were killed in a remote control bomb attack in the troubled Swat valley last week after he addressed an election meeting.