Summary voters' registration has not been completed due to heavy rainfall and land sliding: Mustafa
MUZAFFARABAD (Dunya News) – Azad Jammu Kashmir legislative assembly elections have been delayed by Chief Election Commissioner AJK Mustafa Mughal on Thursday as he has stated that it is impossible to conduct elections unless and until the commission is provided with complete voters list by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), reported Dunya News.
AJK legislative assembly elections have been delayed and are likely to be held in July instead of June. Mustafa Mughal said that voters registration has not been completed due to heavy rainfall and land sliding.
March 25 is the due date for voter registration while April 12 for the constituencies of migrants. It is not possible to release election schedule without final publication of voters list by NADRA.
He also said that due to the Islamic month of Ramazan in June it is certainly not possible to conduct elections in the very month. The whole procedure may take more than a month, he added.
