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ISLAMABAD: By-elections for six National Assembly (NA) seats and seven seats of the Punjab Assembly (PA) will be held today, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n The polling will kick off at 8 AM and will continue uninterrupted till 5 PM.<\/p>\n The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed transportation of the election material to all the constituencies. The ECP has also issued the by-elections\u2019 code of conduct, and the Pakistan Army has been called in to establish peace and security.<\/p>\n The ECP has directed its staff not to give importance to any pressure, and it warned that no violation of the code of conduct will be tolerated.<\/p>\n It further directed all Returning Officers (ROs) and District Returning Officers (DROs) to ensure their partiality during the election process.<\/p>\n The ECP said that stern action will be taken for the violation of the code of conduct against the respective officers.<\/p>\n The by-polls on the NA seats will be held at NA-18 Haripur, NA-96 Faisalabad, NA-104 Faisalabad, NA-129 Lahore, NA-143 Sahiwal and NA-185 DG Khan.<\/p>\n Similarly, the by-election on seven Punjab Assembly seats will be held at PP-73 Sargodha, PP-87 Mianwali and three Faisalabad seats PP-98, PP-115 and PP-116.<\/p>\n Besides that by-polls will also be held at PP-203 Sahiwal and PP-269 Muzaffargarh.<\/p>\n ECP Code of Conduct for Media\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The ECP has issued a code of conduct for the media on the by-elections.<\/p>\n According to the ECP spokesman, the unofficial results will be aired minimum after an hour at the end of the polling.<\/p>\n The results must be mentioned that this is not final, the spokesman said.<\/p>\n Only Returning Officer (RO) will be responsible for issuing final and official results of the by-elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n