{"id":19046,"date":"2023-09-04T21:41:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=19046"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:41:19","slug":"president-alvi-calls-for-upholding-spirit-of-constitution-on-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/president-alvi-calls-for-upholding-spirit-of-constitution-on-general-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"President Alvi calls for upholding &#8216;spirit of Constitution&#8217; on general elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday called for following the \u201cspirit of the Constitution\u201d with regard to the decisions taken on general elections in the country, his office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The president made the appeal in a meeting with Caretaker Law and Justice Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. The meeting \u201cdiscussed many issues\u201d concerning the general elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ur\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0635\u062f\u0631 \u0645\u0645\u0644\u06a9\u062a \u0646\u06d2 \u0646\u06af\u0631\u0627\u06ba \u0648\u0632\u06cc\u0631 \u0627\u0639\u0638\u0645 \u0627\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642 \u06a9\u0627\u06a9\u0691 \u06a9\u06d2 \u06a9\u0644 \u06a9\u06d2  \u0628\u06cc\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0648 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u06c1\u0627 \u06a9\u06c1 \u0646\u06af\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u062d\u06a9\u0648\u0645\u062a \u0627\u0633 \u0645\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0644\u06d2 \u067e\u0631 \u0633\u067e\u0631\u06cc\u0645 \u06a9\u0648\u0631\u0679 \u0622\u0641 \u067e\u0627\u06a9\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0641\u06cc\u0635\u0644\u06d2 \u06a9\u06cc \u067e\u0627\u0633\u062f\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u06a9\u0631\u06d2 \u06af\u06cc<\/p>\n<p> \u0645\u064f\u0644\u0627\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0635\u062f\u0631 \u0645\u0645\u0644\u06a9\u062a \u0646\u06d2 \u0622\u0626\u06cc\u0646 \u06a9\u06cc \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062f\u0633\u062a\u06cc \u0628\u0631\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0631 \u0631\u06a9\u06be\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u06cc \u0636\u0631\u0648\u0631\u062a \u067e\u0631 \u0632\u0648\u0631 \u062f\u06cc\u0627<\/p>\n<p>\u0641\u06cc\u0635\u0644\u06d2 \u0622\u0626\u06cc\u0646 \u06a9\u06cc \u0631\u0648\u062d \u06a9\u06d2 \u0645\u0637\u0627\u0628\u0642 \u06c1\u0648\u0646\u06d2 \u0686\u0627\u06c1\u0626\u06cc\u06ba\u060c \u0635\u062f\u0631 \u0645\u0645\u0644\u06a9\u062a<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresOfPakistan\/status\/1698638373534175562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President appreciated the Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar\u2019s yesterday\u2019s statement that the caretaker government would abide by the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on this issue,\u201d the communique added.<\/p>\n<p>It further said that President Alvi urged for the need to uphold the \u201csupremacy of the Constitution\u201d and called for decisions to be taken in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting came days after it was reported that President Alvi held consultations with legal experts about the reply received from the Ministry of Law and Justice pertaining to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Syed Sikandar Sultan Raja&#8217;s response to him regarding the election date.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Ministry of Law and Justice had informed the president that it was of the view that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is the \u201ccompetent authority to announce or appoint date\u201d for holding and conducting general elections to the national and the provincial assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry, through its secretary, responded to the president\u2019s letter seeking the ministry\u2019s input on ECP\u2019s response that there was no need for the election watchdog to consult the president on appointing the election date.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/delimitations-to-be-completed-by-november-30-to-ensure-early-elections-ecp.html\">Delimitations to be completed by November 30 to ensure &#8216;early&#8217; elections: ECP<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before that President Alvi had written to the ministry to seek \u201cadvice\u201d on the ECP\u2019s letter contending that the head of the state is no longer empowered to fix the polls&#8217; date.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, the President House said that Alvi had written the letter to the ministry\u2019s secretary on the ECP\u2019s response with regard to the letter he had sent for a meeting to decide the election date.<\/p>\n<p>The ECP responded to the president&#8217;s letter \u2014 in which he had invited Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja \u2014 stating he was no longer empowered to fix the date for polls after amendments in election laws.<\/p>\n<p>The development came in a meeting chaired by CEC Raja to ponder over the matter and concluded that the meeting would be of &#8220;scant consequence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Alvi, in the letter to the CEC, said since the National Assembly was dissolved on August 9, 2023, under Article 48 (5) of the Constitution, he (as the president) was obliged to appoint a date not later than 90 days from the date of dissolution for the holding of general election of National Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday called for following the \u201cspirit of the Constitution\u201d with regard to the decisions taken on general elections in the country, his office said in a statement. The president made the appeal in a meeting with Caretaker Law and Justice Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. 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