In a new development to the ongoing controversy around the timing of general elections, President Arif Alvi on Wednesday suggested a date for the holding of polls in a letter to the chief election commissioner (CEC).
The president said that in the light of Article 48(5) of the Constitution, he has the authority and mandate “to appoint a date not later than 90 days from the date of dissolution [of assemblies], for holding of a general election to the assembly.”
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[…] in terms of Article 48(5) the general election to the National Assembly should be held by the eighty-ninth day of the date of dissolution of the National Assembly, i.e. Monday 6th Day of November 2023,” the letter stated.
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