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Rezaul H Laskar | Islamabad
Pakistan's Election Commission on Monday decided <b>in principle to delay the general election set for January 8 till February</b> in view of poll preparations being adversely affected by the violent protests against the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto. 

The poll panel made the decision during an informal meeting on Monday evening after receiving reports from poll officials and caretaker Governments in the four provinces - Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and North West Frontier Province - about the impact of the protests on election arrangements and the law and order situation.

<b>The Election Commission decided that the polls should be put off till the third week of February</b> so that ballot boxes and electoral rolls destroyed in the protests can be replaced and the printing of ballot papers can be completed, Dawn News channel quoted sources in the panel as saying.

The Election Commission is expected to make a formal announcement about the postponement of the polls till February when it meets again tomorrow morning.
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