Cabinet mulls over early Senate polls
Receives detailed briefing on voting through show of hands in upper house election
ISLAMABAD:
As opposition threatens to hand in resignations from the federal and provincial legislatures, the ruling party has started weighing the option of holding the Senate polls – scheduled for March – at an earlier date in order to win control of the upper house by snatching majority from the PML-N.
“[Senate polls] can take place even before February,” Federal Minister for Information Shibli Faraz said on Tuesday in reply to a question while addressing a press conference after a federal cabinet meeting.
Opposition opposes early Senate polls
Say no one will be allowed to employ ‘unconstitutional tactics’ KARACHI:
The Opposition has repudiated the government’s plan to hold Senate elections early this time saying they will not allow anyone to repeat the “unconstitutional tactics” for the polls in the upper house as were “employed” during the “2018 general elections”.
According to a statement issued by the Bilawal House on Wednesday, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke with PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and discussed the political situation arising after the PDM public meetings.
Deliberating on the government’s move to hold the Senate elections early, both the leaders stated that they will not permit anyone to again use the “unconstitutional tactics” in the upper house polls as was employed during the 2018 general elections.
PM wonât resign, says Shah Mehmood QureshiÂ
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Rejecting the ultimatum given by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as âunconstitutional and undemocraticâ, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday emphatically stated that neither Prime Minister Imran Khan would step down, nor the assemblies would be dissolved.
âI want to clearly tell the PDM that we reject your ultimatum for the resignation of the prime minister by January 31. The system of country will not be run on your wishes,â Shah Mehmood Qureshi said at a news conference here.
The minister said if the opposition parties were really serious in resolving the issues of national and public importance such as inflation, provincial autonomy, National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, etc, they could hold dialogue with the government with political reasoning. Qureshi, however, made it clear that the government will not hold talks on personal cases or any NRO.
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ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Rejecting the ultimatum given by Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as unconstitutional and undemocratic , Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday emphatically stated that neither Prime Minister Imran Khan would step down, nor the assemblies would be dissolved.
“I want to clearly tell the PDM that we reject your ultimatum for the resignation of the prime minister by January 31. The system of country will not be run on your wishes,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi said at a news conference here.
The minister said if the opposition parties were really serious in resolving the issues of national and public importance such as inflation, provincial autonomy, National Finance Commission (NFC) Award etc, they could hold dialogue with the government with political reasoning. Qureshi, however, made it clear that the government will not hold talks on personal cases or any NRO. “For personal cases or NRO, there is a clear cut no from the PTI side,”
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