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Pakistan to hold delayed elections on February 8, electoral commission says

A security personnel stands guard at the headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad [File: Aamir Qureshi/AFP]

Pakistan will hold delayed national elections in February as the country grapples with overlapping political, economic and security crises.

“It was unanimously decided that the election will be held on Thursday, February 8,” the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said in a statement on Thursday after its members met with President Arif Alvi.

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