A legal challenge has been made to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s right to announce the date of the general elections.
The Judicial Activism Panel’s leader, Azhar Siddique, has submitted a constitutional petition to the Lahore Registry of the Supreme Court in this regard.
The petition has included the federal government, the election commission, and other parties.
The petition asserts that the president of Pakistan has the power to set the election date in accordance with the Constitution.
It also states that the Elections Act was amended to give the election commission the power to set the date for elections.
The amendment to Section 57 of the Elections Act violated Articles 48, 58, and 107 of the Constitution.
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The petition asked for the Election Act amendment to be ruled unconstitutional.
Additionally, it asked for a declaration that the decision to dissolve the assembly before the end of its term with the goal of delaying elections was unconstitutional.
The chief election commissioner received a letter from President Dr. Arif Alvi on Wednesday advising him to hold the general elections on November 6.
According to the letter, on the prime minister’s recommendation, Pakistan’s president dissolved the National Assembly on August 9.
He adds that in order to uphold his constitutional obligations, he had invited Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja for a consultation on the elections on the 89th day following the dissolution of the assembly, or on November 6.
The president’s letter states that there is agreement to hold the general elections for the national and all four provincial assemblies on the same day.
The president may set a date for general elections within 90 days of the National Assembly’s dissolution under Article 48(5) of the Constitution.
