The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has disputed the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to redraw electoral boundaries. According to Geo News, Imran Khan’s Party has rejected the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to conduct a new delimitation and has indicated that it will challenge the Council of Common Interest’s (CCI) decision in the Supreme Court.
Imran Khan’s party Tehreek-e-Insaaf has denied the new order for delimitation by the Election Commission of Pakistan. The party also claimed that because of the PTI’s growing popularity, individuals were denied the chance to vote.
The party spokeswoman said in a statement that the ECP’s timeline for delimitation was “malicious and a clear deviation from the Constitution.”
The party also stated that if the National Assembly is dissolved before the end of its term, the Constitution requires the ECP to organize elections within 90 days. Imran Khan has been sentenced for three years in prison recently.
“The Election Commission’s schedule is a criminal attempt to prolong the caretaker government contrary to what is written in the Constitution,” a party spokeswoman told Geo News. It went on to say that the polling authority, after defying the Supreme Court’s order on elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), is now attempting to “violate” the Constitution once more.
“In light of the Council of Common Interests’ decision, the formation of new constituencies cannot be used as an excuse to avoid election,” the previous ruling party declared. According to Geo News, a “major irregularity” occurred in the CCI meeting when “illegal caretaker chief ministers of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” attended.
The party also claimed that because of the PTI’s growing popularity, individuals were denied the chance to vote. Earlier in the day, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stated that it will redistrict seats.
According to Pakistan-based Dawn, the ECP statement nearly guarantees that general elections in Pakistan will not be held within the legally mandated 90-day period.
The Council of Common Interests (CCI) approved the findings of the 2023 digital census in July, making it mandatory for Pakistan’s electoral commission to conduct fresh delimitation. According to the reports, new delimitation would take four months.
According to Article 51 (5) of the Constitution, the seats of the National Assembly in each province and the federal capital shall be apportioned on the basis of population based on the most recent publicly published census.
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government dissolved the national and provincial parliament of Sindh and Balochistan prematurely to allow the ECP to organize elections in the country within 90 days rather than 60 days if the legislature finished its constitutional duration.
Former federal ministers, notably Rana Sanaullah, have stated that the country’s elections might be postponed till March of next year due to constituency delimitation.
