Islamabad (Web Desk): Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Monday categorically stated that Monday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and federal and provincial governments were committed to hold general elections in the country on February 8.
In a statement on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), he said that the ECP is committed to hold elections on Thursday, February 8 and so are the federal and provincial governments.”
“The federal and provincial governments would fulfil all administrative, financial and security requirements of the ECP,” the minister added.
The information minister also shared a letter of the election commission on his X handle which states that the commission has made all necessary arrangements regarding the conduct of the general elections.
The letter further reads that the election commission has also submitted commitment before the Supreme Court (SC) for holding general elections on the 8th of next month.
On the other hand, a third resolution, seeking a delay in the general elections slated for February 8, was submitted to the Senate Secretariat on Sunday.
The resolution was moved by an independent senator from erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (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 (KP), adding that candidates participating in the polls encountered numerous challenges in running election campaigns due to “security concerns” in KP.
On January 5, 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 also submitted a second resolution to the upper house of Parliament seeking delay in the general elections.