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Date for KP elections announced. The Election Commission of Pakistan declared the date for general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday.
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) advise that general elections in KP held on October 8, although, the schedule of polls issued soon.
Before, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Haji Ghulam Ali wrote a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for holding elections on October 8.
The KP governor proposed ECP conduct general elections in the province on October 8 citing a growth in terrorism incidents. He declared in his letter that terrorism incidents enhanced in KP.
Governor Ali said that terrorist attacks carried out in South Waziristan on March 15 and Khyber district on March 19, although, three soldiers were kill in an attack on March 22 in Dera Ismail Khan.
Brigadier Mustafa martyred and seven soldiers continuous injuries in the Waziristan attack on March 21.
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Governor Ali desire ECP to hold general elections of the KP Assembly on October 8 which is in the best interests of the nationals.