Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have agreed to dissolve the National Assembly on August 8, sources claimed on Tuesday. The National Assembly was set to complete its tenure on August 12. Dissolving the assembly before time will mean that elections will have to be held within 90 days. If the assembly completed its tenure, elections would have had to be held within 60 days. The government hopes to have more time to prepare for the elections, which the August 8 date will allow. Sources said that provincial assemblies in Sindh and Balochistan will also be dissolved at the same time. Sources said that the date was proposed by the PPP. A summary for the dissolution of the assembly will be sent by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. President Arif Alvi can legally keep the summary on hold for two days, until assemblies are automatically dissolved. As the assembly is dissolved, the prime minister and the opposition leader will have to consult and decide a caretaker prime minister to oversee the period going towards elections. However, the agreement for assembly dissolution on August 8 is between the PPP and PML-N only and multiple other allies in the Pakistan Democratic Movement will have to be convinced.
PPP, PML-N agree to dissolve National Assembly on August 8
