PM cancels inauguration of projects to follow election code

LAHORE     -       Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif cancelled in­augurating a power plant in Kahuta area on the advice of provincial Election Commis­sion Punjab on Tuesday as the area falls under limits of PP-7 Rawalpindi where a by-poll would be held on July 17. Ac­cording to the Commission's sources here, the prime min­ister was scheduled to inau­gurate a power plant at Riv­er Jhelum in Kahuta tehsil on June 29 but the area falls un­der limits of PP-7 Rawalpindi where a by-poll would be held on July 17. On the directions of Provincial Election Com­missioner Punjab Saeed Gul, District Returning Officer PP-7, Aleem Shahab, contacted Dr Tauqir Hussain, principal secretary to prime minister, through telephone and briefed that the prime minister's vis­it of the constituency and in­auguration of a development project would be a violation of code of conduct. Later, the principal secretary informed the district returning officer and district monitoring officer that the visit of the prime min­ister had been cancelled.

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