All eyes are set on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where the governor is coordinating with the President to follow suit for an election date in the province, following the announcement of the day of elections in Punjab on April 30.
The Constitution is taking its route, and it is a good omen that stakeholders are out to abide by their responsibilities. The Election Commission’s letter to the Presidency in the backdrop of a landmark 3-2 verdict by the Supreme Court to hold the elections for the dissolved provincial legislatures within 90 days has set the ball rolling. The electoral watchdog’s prompt output by gearing up its machinery, and the subsequent inking of the same by the head of the state.
Imran Khan dissolved both Punjab and KP assemblies to assert pressure on the federal government for the announcement of the election in the country, but the govt did not do this and ultimately went to the Supreme Court.
The brewing crisis as constitutional offices were at loggerheads, whether to go for polls are not on grounds of political considerations, had already taken a toll. The credit goes to the CJP for taking a suo motu notice, and deciding in all grace and humility a fundamental provision of public representation. The fact that political parties, despite their own briefs, are now in the race for electioneering has strengthened democracy and, likewise, the Election Commission has lived up to its constitutional and legal duty.
The current political situation of the country is not ideal, the arrests of opposition leaders even in the interim government have rose the political temperature in the country. Imran Khan has been demanding elections across the government at the same time but the government is against it by claiming that the elections will be held after the completion of the tenure of the government.
It is true that the economic and political situation of the country is not good and holding elections in Punjab and KP first and in Sindh, Balochistan and centre later, will really put pressure on the country. The government or the opposition leader Imran Khan has to back off from their stance to put country on the track as elections in phases will not be good for Pakistan.
