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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Haji Ghulam Ali gave Tuesday, May 28 as the date for general elections in the province after his meeting with Chief Electoral Officer Sikandar Sultan Raja.
The meeting, which was also attended by other members and officials of the Election Commission, was held to discuss the date of general elections in KP.
The development came after the KP Governor met President Dr Arif Alvi at Aiwan-e-Sadr to discuss issues related to the conduct of general polls in the province in view of Article 224 (2) of the Constitution of Pakistan and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Order from Pakistan.
The President had advised the KP governor to hold general elections in the district within the time mentioned in the Supreme Court’s letter.
The country’s Supreme Court, in a split verdict on March 1, had ruled that the elections to the KP and Punjab assemblies should be held within 90 days.
The President’s advice came after the KP Governor called on him.
President Alvi asked the KP governor to ensure the implementation of the Supreme Court order in “letter and spirit” as it had been directed to the KP governor to, after consultation with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), immediately fix a date for holding general elections to the provincial assembly” to avoid any complications since almost two weeks have already passed”.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali met the President at the President House on the invitation of the President Dr. Arif Alvi
State President and Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa discussed issues related to holding general elections photo.twitter.com/jAOdUCJqBC
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“The President stressed the need to uphold the constitution and hold general elections within the specified time, which had been stipulated in the constitution, further upheld by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and was necessary to strengthen parliamentary democracy in the country.” the statement of the presidency read.
It should be noted that the directive to conduct the polls was given by the Supreme Court in the suo motu notice judgment, which was delivered by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial – the chairman of the five-member judicial panel that reviewed the case, where hearings were held for two consecutive days.
Apart from Justice Bandial, the bench included Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Jamal Mandokhail.
In the judgment, the Supreme Court pointed out that there are “different factors and requirements” for holding polls, but ruled that one thing that is “absolutely important is the time frame” for polls. It added that the constitution provides for two periods for holding elections – 60 days if the parliament is dissolved after the end of its term and 90 days if the parliament is dissolved before the end of its term.
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