Anwaarul Haq Kakar said as per the law deciding the date for general elections was the Election Commission of Pakistan’s ECP prerogative . The caretaker premier gave this statement during his first interview after assuming the top office on Geo News programme Jirga aired on Sunday .
The issue arose after President Dr Arif Alvi invited Chief Election Commissioner CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja last month for a meeting to fix an appropriate date for elections . This was after the ECP expressed its inability to hold elections within the constitutionally mandated period following the notification of the latest digital census citing the need for fresh delimitation of constituencies under Section of the Elections Act .
The president sought the law ministrys advice on the matter . Subsequently the president sought law ministry . And the ministry communicated to the president that the powers to announce the poll date rested with the . ECP . Kakar has the same position.
Kakar also assured that the caretaker setup term would not be extended unconstitutionally . The interim premier said steps would be implemented to conserve energy soon . The state was constrained by its commitments to multilateral international financial institutions which it had to follow through at any cost .
When asked about the recent increase in the power bills and the increase in power bills, the interim PM said the Centre had yet to reach an agreement with provinces was yet to reached an agreement . He said the only factor barring the plan was that the centre had to reach a deal with provinces.
The interim PM Kakar . The Interim Prime Minister Kakar said he said the interim . He also said he would not have an agreement to conserve . He added that he and his cabinet had had multiple meetings. He said his financial and power .
