According to sources cited by Dawn, the Pakistani Election Commission may announce the election date before the country’s national and provincial assembly constituencies have been fully defined. According to the sources, the election date will be announced in a few days. They claimed that the topic was covered during the commission’s consultative Tuesday general election schedule meeting with the Pakistan Peoples Party.
In the meeting, PPP urged the EXP for the immediate announcement of the schedule for the electoral exercise. The commission assured the party of looking into its request.
The meeting, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, was attended by the secretary, members and senior officers of the commission. The PPP delegation comprised Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Sherry Rehman, Taj Haider, Syed Naveed Qamar, Murad Ali Shah and Faisal Karim Kundi.
As per Dawn, the PPP said the polls should be done in 90 days, not delimitation, priority of Constitution; consultation with Awami National Party (ANP), Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) teams today.