This comes as Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that he will hand over the reins to the caretaker set-up next month before the completion of the assembly’s tenure.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said in the event that his party is banned, he will float a new political party to contest the upcoming general elections and will win the elections, Dawn reported citing Nikkei Asia.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former MP Rahul Gandhi will meet the leaders of North Eastern States Congress units except Assam on Saturday to discuss the election strategy for the upcoming general elections scheduled next year.
"Forced imposition of the Uniform Civil Code, UCC on the people of the country is a step, which is neither needed nor useful in view of the present situation of the country, as the previous Law Commission has also said," Mayawati said.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Monday chaired a meeting in Dubai in order to discuss the election political strategy along with other leaders, reported ARY News.
Nawaz made the remarks while talking to different PML-N delegations belonging to the different Gulf countries in Dubai, according to state-run Radio Pakistan.
The ECP said that the applications can be submitted with the signature of the party leader until July 19. The electoral watchdog further said that the signature of the party leader on the application is a must.
Since the results of the digital census are yet to be formally notified in Pakistan, conducting the upcoming general polls on the basis of the latest delimitation is out of the question, a senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said.
Our party considers it as a 'political stunt' for the upcoming general elections, and his statement has nothing to do with the welfare of the minorities," JD(U) chief spokesperson K C Tyagi said in a statement on Wednesday.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has convened a meeting of top Opposition leaders as part of his continued efforts to forge a grand alliance against PM Modi and the BJP-led government at the Centre with an eye on the general elections in 2024
Amid Pakistan's deteriorating political and economic situation, experts spoke about the various factors and forces at play and expressed serious doubts about the country being able to see free and fair general elections.
Rana Sanaullah's statement comes amid reports that the newly-formed Istihkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) is intending to form an electoral alliance with the ruling PML-N to contest in the upcoming general elections set to be held in October this year.