ISLAMABAD:,,, Political activities for next general elections are gaining momentum and the scrutiny of the nomination papers filed by candidates is underway, which will continue till Saturday.

According to Election Commission Pakistan, a total of twenty-eight thousand six hundred twenty-six candidates have filed nomination papers to contest elections at the national and four provincial assemblies’ constituencies.

Out of them, thirteen thousand eight hundred twenty-three candidates filed nominations from Punjab, six thousand four hundred ninety-eight submitted nomination papers from Sindh, five thousand two hundred seventy-eight from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, two thousand six hundred sixty-nine from Balochistan while three hundred and fifty eight candidates have filed nomination papers from federal capital Islamabad.