ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan in its detailed order has turned down Mahmood Achakzai s request seeking a delay in presidential polls that he had filed with the electoral body.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has turned down the application filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council's (.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed observed that the purpose of invoking the apex court’s advisory jurisdiction by the president could not be made futile. SC website/File
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Tuesday feared that the entire exercise of hearing the presidential reference on open ballot for coming Senate elections by the Supreme Court would turn academic if the proceedings were not closed by Wednesday (today).
Otherwise, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would not be left with ample time to complete the procedures that included printing of ballots for conducting the March 3 Senate elections, the AGP argued.