The wait is over in Pakistan, election schedule released after Supreme Court order

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the election schedule for the February 8 elections. When the Supreme Court quashed a lower court decision barring the appointment of district returning officers, returning officers and assistant returning officers from the executive, which would potentially have been delayed. The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday, acting on a petition filed by jailed former PM Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), decided to suspend the appointment of bureaucrats as returning officers, thereby Uncertainty arose over the upcoming elections in Pakistan. The LHC order in defiance of apex court orders prompted the election body to stop training sessions for returning officers and district returning officers.

The High Court order created an uproar among major political parties such as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), and the ECP approached the Supreme Court in an attempt to Knocked. Preventing possible delays in elections. Leaders of both the PPP and PML-N blamed Khan and his PTI for delaying the elections.

Supreme Court cancels LHC order

The Supreme Court suspended the LHC’s December 13 order in the urgent hearing of the case, regretted that the previous decision was given in “haste” and questioned the truthful nature of the PTI petition. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faiz Isa said in an order that accordingly in the given circumstances and considering the constitutional and legal conditions, the decision of the LHC has been suspended. The Supreme Court also issued a notice to PTI’s additional general secretary Umair Niazi, who had approached the LHC, asking him to explain why he was charged with contempt of court for disregarding the Supreme Court decision on November 3. Why action should not be initiated against him under this Act, when this decision was taken. That the elections will be held on time.