ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has refused to be part of the consultation process of the Presidential Office on the issue of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elections.
An important meeting was held in the Election Commission under the chairmanship of the Chief Election Commissioner, in which it was decided that the Election Commission cannot be a part of the consultation process of the Presidential Office on the matter of the elections of the two provincial assemblies.
The Election Commission says that the matter of the elections is pending in various judicial forums and the organization has already replied to the President of Pakistan on February 19. So the position of the Election Commission is still the same as on February 19.
It should be noted that President Arif Alvi wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner on the issue of elections in Punjab and KP and called the President’s House for emergency consultation, which was rejected by the Election Commission.
The Election Commission in its reply letter to the President said that the Election Commission is aware of its constitutional and legal responsibility, the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab has not yet given the date of the general elections. Will take legal route.
