WORLD NEWS | Bilawar Bhutto worried about martial law in Pakistan: Report

ISLAMABAD, April 4 (PTI) Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed concern over the state of emergency or martial law in the country if a larger Supreme Court judge is not formed to hear the postponement of provincial elections in Punjab. media reports on Tuesday.

Bilawal’s concerns stem from an ongoing political and judicial crisis in the cash-strapped country, where the Supreme Court is hearing a petition by the Pakistani Justice Movement against the Pakistan Election Commission to delay the Punjab parliament’s vote decision.

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Bilawal, who is also the leader of the People’s Party (PPP), told the media in Larkana, Sindh province on Monday, that his party would not accept three judges for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elections. Any decision made (KP) and Punjab, international news coverage.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Election Commission’s decision to delay voting in Punjab province until Oct. 8 was “unconstitutional”, dealing a major blow to the federal government, which has been trying to delay provincial elections, citing security concerns and the economic crisis.

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“The party will (only) accept the decision of the full court and implement it,” he said.

He said the BJP was defending the constitution. He added that PPP founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto gave the country its 1973 constitution, which was violated by dictators including Pervez Musharraf, but was restored by former president Asif Ali Zardari.

He said the dictator’s son and daughter were at PTI and added that the party’s top leader, Imran Khan, was Pervez Musharraf’s chief voting agent in the referendum held.

He said the decision of the three judges would not be accepted as one of them, through his judgment, rejected some votes in the chief ministerial election last year, handing over the Punjab government to PTI.

He asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan to form a full panel for the greater good of the country.

Pakistan has a history of military rule, and generals have ruled nearly half of the country’s founding history so far. Bilawal’s warning comes as the country is mired in a deep political, judicial and economic crisis.

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