ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) was requested on Wednesday to issue directions for the restoration of the Provincial Assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Pakistan Awami League Chairman Nasir Mahmood filed a petition in the Supreme Court under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution in which the President, Prime Minister, Secretaries Establishment Division and Finance Division, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and others were made parties. went. .
The petitioner requested the court to restore the Assemblies of Punjab and KP. And if it is necessary to hold elections in both provinces, then the court should order Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to deposit all the expenses of the elections in advance so that public money is not spent on this election activity.
He further said that the ECP should be stopped from conducting the elections of these two assemblies until the petition is disposed of immediately. The petitioner took the stand that Pakistan is going through difficult times, spending Rs 21 billion on holding elections to Punjab and KP Assemblies will create more financial problems for the people of Pakistan.
He said that the assemblies of these two provinces were prematurely dissolved at the behest and wish of the PTI chairman.
He opined that Imran Khan recently made a public statement that Punjab and KP Assemblies were dissolved on the advice of former Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, which was an unconstitutional and illegal act.
