The current assembly s tenure is scheduled to end on August 12. If the assembly completes its stipulated time, then the polls will be held within 60 years. However, the Constitution states that the elections must be held within 90 days if the assembly is dissolved before the completion of the term.
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Thursday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan had compromised the national security and used cipher.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hinted that the general elections might be held in November after saying that he will hand over the charge to the caretaker set-up next month before the completion of the assembly’s tenure.
“Next month our government will complete its tenure, [but] we will leave before the completion of our tenure and an interim government will come in,” the prime minister said while speaking at the Government College Women’s University in Sialkot on Sunday, reported Dawn.