The PTI on Thursday approached the Supreme Court, asking it to direct the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nearest to the 90-day period after the assembly’s dissolution, during which elections are to be held as per the Constitution.
In a petition filed through Advocate Ahmed Nawaz Chaudhry, the PTI has requested the apex court to set aside KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali’s notification to postpone the elections by five months and direct the ECP to conduct the polls “not later than 90 days subject to the barest minimum to that timeframe”.
In its plea, the PTI has also asked the Supreme Court to declare the KP Governor’s letter and the ensuing ECP’s notification dated March 27 on the same matter as contrary to the top court’s directions given on March 1.
