World News | Pakistani Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb welcomes Election Commission’s decision to postpone polls in Punjab

Islamabad [Pakistan]On March 23, according to “News International”, Pakistan’s Information Minister Mariyoum Aurangzeb welcomed the decision of the Pakistan Election Commission to postpone the elections in Punjab, adding that the ECP’s decision is in Pakistan’s interest and will ensure that The political stability of the country.

Marriyum Aurangzeb’s statement came a day after election authorities announced that elections in Punjab state would be postponed until October 8. Elections in Punjab were originally scheduled for April 30 after Pakistani President Arif Alvi announced the date after consultations with the ECP, according to news reports.

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In a statement, Aurangzeb said the election commission took the decision after consulting with all stakeholders. “The Election Commission made the decision after consulting all stakeholders. The ECP made the decision after considering the economic, political and security situation,” she said, according to a news report.

Aurangzeb stressed that the committee under Article 218 of the constitution must ensure transparent, fair and fair elections in Pakistan. Article 224 requires a caretaker government in the federal capital and provincial units at the time of polls, she said. However, when parliamentary elections are held, governments will be formed in two provinces.

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Marriyum Aurangzeb said the polls would always be contested if they were conducted in the two provinces on the scheduled date. “If the elections were held on April 30, the Punjab and KP rallies would have ended six months earlier,” she said, according to international news reports.

She added that the ECP’s decision saved Pakistan from a major constitutional crisis. Marriyum Aurangzeb criticized former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan saying the Constitution cannot function according to one’s will. “He can break up Parliament whenever he wants, in violation of the constitution – it won’t work,” she said, according to news reports.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced the postponement of upcoming elections in Punjab state until October 8, citing security reasons as the main reason for the change of plans, according to news reports. In its order, the ECP said that in exercising its powers under section 218(3), read in conjunction with sections 58 and 8(c) of the Electoral Act 2017, the Commission “hereby withdraws [earlier] election process […] A new timetable will be published in due course, with a ballot date of October 8th. “(ANI)

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