Islamabad: A third resolution seeking a delay in the general elections slated for February 8 has been submitted to the Senate Secretariat on Sunday.
The resolution moved by an independent senator from erstwhile FATA, Hilal-ur-Rehman, citing harsh weather conditions and security situation as reasons for deferring the polls.
In the resolution, Senator Rehman, said extreme cold weather and snowfall would create difficulties for the citizens to cast ballots in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, adding that candidates participating in the polls encountered numerous challenges in running election campaigns due to “security concerns” in KP.
Earlier, a session of the upper house of parliament adopted a resolution, seeking the postponement of the general elections over security and bad weather concerns.
The resolution, which was not initially scheduled for discussion, was introduced by independent Senator Dilawar Khan and received support primarily from Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) senators.
Last week, independent Senator Hidayatullah submitted a second resolution seeking delay in polls to the upper house of Parliament.
