The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared that the final week of January 2024 would see general elections.
Elections held in last week of January: The initial list for the delimitation of constituencies will be issued on September 27th, according to a statement from the ECP after it evaluated work on the subject.
The 54-day election timeline will be followed, according to ECP, and elections will take place in the final week of January 2024. “The final delimitation list will be published on November 30,” the organisation added.
The political parties put a lot of pressure on the electoral commission to delay announcing the election date.
The announcement comes a day after the ECP revealed it had invited political parties to a conference to discuss the general election code of conduct.
A draught of the code of conduct was made available to political party leaders beforehand, allowing them to offer input more effectively during the consultation, the ECP spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
In a letter sent earlier, President Arif Alvi instructed Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja that voting must take place on November 6.
President Arif Alvi noted in a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner that the National Assembly was dissolved on August 9, 2023, at the request of the Prime Minister. According to the Pakistani Constitution, the president is authorised to announce the date of the general election “not later than ninety days from the date of the dissolution (of the assembly)”; therefore, elections must be held by the eighty-ninth day following the date of the dissolution of the Assembly, or Monday, November 6, 2023.
It is important to note that the National Assembly was dissolved on August 9 at Shehbaz Sharif’s recommendation, who was the then prime minister.