A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court calling for contempt proceedings against senators involved in passing a resolution in the Senate that sought a further delay in the February 8 elections.
On Friday, the Senate approved a non-binding resolution seeking a delay in the general elections, set to be staged on February 8, drawing strong criticism from major political parties.
Senator Dilawar Khan, an independent lawmaker, moved the resolution in the upper house of the parliament, which got the approval during the presence of 14 senators — who were the only lawmakers present in the house of 100.
In response, Advocate Ishtiaq Ahmed Mirza filed a petition in the top court Saturday against Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, Senator Dilawar, and other lawmakers — including those from the PTI and the PPP.
In the plea, Mirza prayed to the court to ensure that elections are held on February 8 as “certain number of days are required to do different acts which the law requires prior to the holding of the said elections and the impugned order passed at the eleventh hour if allowed to remain in the field would not permit the holding of elections on 8 February”.
Moreover, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has also moved a resolution in the Senate calling for holding polls at their scheduled time, which is expected to be taken up for a vote in the next session.
