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Pakistan election body to draw new boundaries as polls likely to be delayed

Former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government was dissolved on August 9 [File: Press Information Department (PID) via Reuters]

The Pakistan Election Commission has announced that it will draw new boundaries for hundreds of constituencies prior to the upcoming elections, making it almost certain that polls will be delayed.

On Thursday, the election regulatory body said new constituencies would be finalised by December 14, state television PTV reported.

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