President Dr Arif Alvi discussed matters pertaining to elections with caretaker Law Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam . Alvi stressed the need to make decisions in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution . Election Commission of Pakistan ECP has ruled out elections this year while the day limit for holding polls following the dissolution of the National Assembly NA as mandated under Article of the constitution ends on November .
The ECP is pushing elections beyond November on the basis of the notification of results of the new digital census and Section of the Elections Act which states The commission shall delimit constituencies after every census is officially published . But last month President Alvi invited Chief Election Commissioner CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja for a meeting to fix an appropriate date for general elections .
The CEC responded to the president saying that participating in a confab with him to decide the election date would be of scant importance . Anwaarul Haq Kakar said as per the law deciding the poll date was the ECP’s prerogative . However he added the caretaker government would act in accordance to the Supreme Court ruling if the court issued a binding judgement for elections to be held within the prescribed period of days .
The PTI said today that the interim premiers statement on the matter was very surprising and cause for concern. The interim PM Kakar also spoke about incarcerated PTI chief Imran Khan also said that Imran Khan was an attempt towards mutiny and civil war .
The interim prime minister also spoke on the May protests over the May May protests to be an attempt to mutiny. He also said in an interview. The caretaker PM also said the PTI was an ‘unacceptable and unprofessional mistake’.
