--- title: "ECP withdraws Senate by-election plan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa seat" description: "Most outlets reported that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) withdrew its notification for a Senate by-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dawn added that the move followed the ECP’s ruling that the seat won by PTI’s Murad Saeed did not require a by-election due to the senator-elect not taking the oath. Pakistan Today similarly noted the ECP’s decision, emphasizing that no lawful vacancy was established after Murad Saeed’s disqualification. Both outlets framed the ECP’s action as a formal withdrawal, though Dawn included the specific timeline and reference to the PTI candidate." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/5235-ecp-withdraws-kp-senate-by-election-plan-says-no-vacancy site: HarZaviya language: en --- # ECP withdraws Senate by-election plan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa seat pakistan · latest filing 28 Aug 2026, 11:34 PM PKT · 28 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) withdrew its notification for a Senate by-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dawn added that the move followed the ECP’s ruling that the seat won by PTI’s Murad Saeed did not require a by-election due to the senator-elect not taking the oath. Pakistan Today similarly noted the ECP’s decision, emphasizing that no lawful vacancy was established after Murad Saeed’s disqualification. Both outlets framed the ECP’s action as a formal withdrawal, though Dawn included the specific timeline and reference to the PTI candidate. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Pakistan Today** — [ECP withdraws KP Senate by-election plan, says no vacancy existed](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/08/28/ecp-withdraws-kp-senate-by-election-plan-says-no-vacancy-existed) · 28 Aug 2026, 11:34 PM PKT > The Election Commission of Pakistan formally withdrew its plan for a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate by-election, ruling that no lawful vacancy arose after PTI senator-elect Murad Saeed’s disqualification. - **Dawn** — ['No oath, no membership': ECP withdraws notification for Senate by-poll on seat won by PTI's Murad Saeed](https://www.dawn.com/news/2025774/no-oath-no-membership-ecp-withdraws-notification-for-senate-by-poll-on-seat-won-by-ptis-murad-saeed) · 28 Aug 2026, 9:13 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday formally withdrew its April 2 notification for the by-election programme for a general Senate seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which it had earlier declared vacant following the disqualification of PTI senator-elect Murad Saeed. In a notification, the ECP withdrew the election programme issued under its April 2 notification to “fill on... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [ECP cancels Senate by-election for Murad Saeed's seat after ruling no vacancy existed](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4709-ecp-withdraws-notification-for-senate-by-election-on-murad) · 25 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 93% related - [PTI leader challenges ECP's decision on Murad Saeed's Senate seat](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6796-withdrawal-of-senator-murad-saeed-s-de-notification) · 6 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 75% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 28 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.