The Senate Secretariat has asked the country\u2019s top electoral authority to immediately change the election schedule, according to the media sources, a day after the Upper House of Parliament passed a resolution calling for a delay in general elections. They added that a copy of the resolution has been sent to the president, interim prime minister, the Election Commission of Pakistan, law ministry, and other departments concerned. The non-binding resolution was adopted by the Senate on Friday. It called for the February 8 polls to be delayed, however, an interim minister and parties across the political spectrum rejected it. \u201cI was not empowered by the federal cabinet to support the resolution. The government is standing behind the Election Commission of holding elections on February 8,\u201d caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi told Shaukat Piracha on his show Rubaroo on Friday. The resolution, moved by Senator Dilawar Khan from KP, was approved with a majority vote. It argued that the law and order situation in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is not suitable for holding elections. \u201cA resolution of 14 senators based on their personal opinions, has no legal or binding force in the constitutional process of holding general elections,\u201d PTI\u2019s Barrister Gohar Khan said in a post. At a press conference, PPP Senator Sherry Rehman clarified that the party wanted timely elections. \u201cSenator Tangi has informed the party that he had opposed the resolution,\u201d she said, \u201cbut still, we would look into things like video clips and other evidence to assess the factual situation. If his stance is not found to be satisfactory, then definitely we would seek an explanation from him.\u201d The PML-N also stated that it wanted no delay in the Feb 8 polls. \u201cThe PML-N\u2019s decision is categorical \u2014 polls should be held on Feb 8 according to the schedule of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),\u201d party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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