Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah says general elections will be held on 8th October this year under caretaker setup.
Talking to media in Gujranwala today, he said general elections of national and provincial assemblies should be held at the same time according to constitution.
He said national economy was damaged due to bad policies of Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf Chairman Imran Khan.
Rana Sana Ullah said Imran Khan is working on the agenda of spreading anarchy in the country.
He said the accountability of every one should be done across the board.
The Supreme Court (SC) resumed hearing of PTI’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone the Punjab polls from April 30 to October 8.
A large five-judge SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail is hearing the petition.
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During the course of hearing today, newly appointed Attorney General (AG) Mansoor Usman Awan drew SC’s attention towards the dissenting notes of two judges, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, saying both dismissed the March 1 SC decision regarding holding elections in Punjab and KP within 90 days by 3-4 majority, to which Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said that the two judges of the Supreme Court who gave dissenting notes had their own opinion and it was not related to the current case dealing with the extension of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elections’ date.
Justice Manokhail pointed out that “the number of judges [who issued] the March 1 judgement is Supreme Court’s internal matter”.
He then inquired whether holding elections within the stipulated time of 90 days was not a constitutional requirement. “Can the ECP delay the date for polls?”
At that, the CJP thanked Justice Mandokhail for “clearing the matter”.
Justice Mandokhail also remarked that although the elections would be held in 90 days but the question remained as to who had the authority to delay or postpone elections.
