Islamabad, March 24 -- : It apears that after Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will also witness a delay in the polls as the Governor of the province Haji Ghulam Ali urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold the general elections in October, in the wake of the rise in terror activities, Geo News reported.

According to the Geo News, in the letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, the Governor said that it would be in the "best public interest as well as in the interest of the state" if the election will take place on October 8 instead of the previous date, which he had suggested earlier on May 28.

It is pertinent to mention that the Punjab province election date is also October 8. The elections were earlier...