Washington: On Tuesday, the US State Department said it focused on the care and support of “ ” that free and fair elections in Pakistan take place in a way that people have Will benefit.
Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesman for the US State Department, questioned a question of elections in Pakistan and doubts about the participation of the Pakistan Movement e Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Iran Khan Elections were approved in response to this remarks.
On Iran Khan, Patel said he had no assessment of the representation of “Handards’ make-up or a particular political party ”.
“ This is to be decided for the people of Pakistan. The State Department said that our focus is on ensuring and supporting that there are free and fair elections that are in a way for the benefit of the Pakistani people Are run.
Last week, as directed by the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that the general election would take place on February 8, 2024 — Elimination of several months of ambiguity around the date of the survey.
The High Electoral Agency announced the election date after consultation with President Arif Alvi after the orders of a three-member bench led by Chief Justice Qazi Phase Jesus, which sought timely demand He was listening to a number of requests to make elections within 90 days.
Earlier, since the removal of the Iranian Khan government through a no-confidence motion in April 2022, the country has been plagued by political uncertainty.
The government, led by Shahbaz Sharif, who took power from Khan, dissolved the National Assembly on August 9, While the Assemblies of Sindh and Balochistan also dissolved prematurely to allow the Electoral Authority to hold elections in the country within 90 days.
If the assemblies were dissolved on time, the electoral body was constitutionally bound to vote in 60 days.
However, the ECP decided against the referendum within the stipulated time as the Council of Common Interest (CCI) a few days before the dissolution of the meetings, Approved the Seventh Population and Housing Census 2023.
The CCI’s approval required the commission to hold elections after a fresh demarcation in light of the census results.
Then, on August 17, the ECP announced a new demarcation schedule according to the new census results.
But in September, the commission announced that general elections in the country would be held in the last week of January 2024.
In the same month, the ECP also released a provisional report on the demarcation of constituencies. However, before the announcement, several requests were filed in the Supreme Court against the delay in the referendum.
All petitioners had asked the Apex court to make sure there were elections within 90 days.
These requests were filed during the reign of former Chief Justice Omar Ati Bandel, however, they were not scheduled for a hearing.
