ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan that significant progress has been made during the talks with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) regarding the holding of joint elections.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said in a report that no agreement was reached on the date of dissolution of the National and Provincial Assemblies of Sindh and Balochistan and both sides agreed to resume negotiations on May 2 after receiving clearance from their respective leadership. . The court statement said that the Allies believe that political issues can be resolved through dialogue and are ready to resume it in the larger national interest.
The committee agreed that caretaker governments should be established at both the federal and provincial levels for the conduct of fair, just and law-enforced general elections and the leadership of all political parties should be empowered to actively participate in the electoral process. The field should be provided. . Both the committees held 5 formal meetings on 27th April, 28th and 2nd May apart from informal discussions held from 29th April to 1st May. The countries were at a very sensitive and critical stage. Dar said it is imperative that agreements with the IMF and partner countries be finalized before the annual budget 2023-24 to avoid further economic turmoil. It reached 44 trillion rupees. in 2022 (a 78 percent increase) while public debt and liabilities increased from Rs 30 trillion in 2018 to Rs 53 trillion in 2022 (a 79 percent increase).
