Pakistan Senate elections can t be held in February, Election Commission tells Imran Khan ANI | Updated: Dec 21, 2020 19:33 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 21 (ANI): Senate elections cannot be held in February as half of its members will be retiring on March 11, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday, thus, quashing Prime Minister Imran Khan s decision to hold early elections.
The News International reported the ECP saying in its five clarifications, Half of the Senate members will retire on March 11, 2021 after completing their six-year term. According to the Constitution, elections cannot be held 30 days in advance on seats that are vacant after the expiry of the term of the members of the Senate, the ECP said, quoting Article 224(3) of the Constitution. This means elections on vacant Senate seats cannot be held before February 10, 2021. The last four to five Senate elections have been held in the first week of March.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 21 (ANI): Senate elections cannot be held in February as half of its members will be retiring on March 11, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday, thus, quashing Prime Minister Imran Khan s decision to hold early elections.
The News International reported the ECP saying in its five clarifications, Half of the Senate members will retire on March 11, 2021 after completing their six-year term. According to the Constitution, elections cannot be held 30 days in advance on seats that are vacant after the expiry of the term of the members of the Senate, the ECP said, quoting Article 224(3) of the Constitution. This means elections on vacant Senate seats cannot be held before February 10, 2021. The last four to five Senate elections have been held in the first week of March. This time too, the ECP will announce the date for the Senate elections at a suitable time, according to the law and Constitution, through an election programme. Conducti
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ECP decides when elections are held, not Imran Khan: Maryam ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 13:25 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim Leauge - Nawaz vice President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday hit out at the federal government saying that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will decide the schedule for the upcoming Senate elections, not Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to Dawn, Her reaction comes after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf federal government preponed the senate elections to February, as a tactic to weaken the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) campaign which is gaining momentum to oust the Imran Khan government. You can hold the Senate elections one month before or one month later [but] you can t save your government, Maryam said while speaking to reporters in Lahore, as quoted by Dawn.
PPP opposes Imran Khan s decision to hold Senate election in February ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 06:10 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 17 (ANI): Terming Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan s decision to hold Senate elections in February 2021 instead of March as unconstitutional , the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) asserted that no party has the authority to decide when the Senate election will be held.
SAMAA TV quoted PPP leader Raza Rabbani as terming the government s decision to hold the election in February unconstitutional . No party has the authority to decide when the Senate election will be held. The election commission is an independent institution and it has this authority, he said.