The statement by key PPP figures comes a day after party leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called for timely elections and within the constitutional deadline of 90 days during a media interaction in Karachi on Friday. Announced.
Although the ECP has ruled out elections this year, the 90-day election period following the dissolution of the National Assembly (NA), required by Article 224 of the Constitution, ends on November 9.
The commission justified the announcement of the results of the new 2023 digital census and the decision to postpone the elections to after November 9, based on Article 17, Paragraph 2 of the Election Law, which provides: It has become The census has been officially announced. “
“The Election Commission will conduct elections in accordance with the Constitution,” the former president said in a statement released today.
He added that the ECP is committed to establishing new boundaries after the census. “We have full confidence in the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Election Commissioner,” Zardari said.
