A meeting, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Mohammad Raza at the Election Commission Secretariat, decided that the polling will now take place on July 20 on the request of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government. The K-P government had sought a delay of 20 days in holding the elections in order to improve administrative affairs as well as strengthening its’ planning. ECP Secretary Babar Yaqoob said that the election date had been extended after briefing from security agencies. He added that the meeting was informed that there was a threat of attacks on candidates and political leaders. However, Yaqoob said, the security officials assured the participants that things would improve in 18 days.

Source: The Express Tribune June 12, 2019 10:44 UTC